By: Flores S.B. No. 2885

(In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2025; April 7, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs; April 28, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 28, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2885 By: Perry

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of reclaimed water that has been treated to meet certain standards as part of an aquifer storage and recovery project.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 27.153, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1), the commission by rule or by individual or general permit may authorize the injection of reclaimed water that is treated in accordance with standards adopted by the commission for that purpose.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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