Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 520	Senate Author:  Campbell et al.
Effective:  9-1-19	House Sponsor:  Kuempel

            Senate Bill 520 amends session law and the Injection Well Act, Water Code, to entitle a political subdivision or municipally owned utility causing artificial recharge of a portion of the Edwards Aquifer that contains groundwater with a certain total dissolved solids concentration to withdraw the measured amount of water actually injected or artificially recharged. The bill, for water that is to be injected by a municipally owned utility owned by the City of New Braunfels, authorizes the Edwards Aquifer Authority to contract for injection or artificial recharge of the aquifer for subsequent retrieval, subject to certain conditions, and authorizes the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality by rule to authorize such injections of water.