87R7343 BRG-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 2863
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the storage and recovery of water in a portion of the
Edwards Aquifer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.44(e), Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows:
(e) The authority may contract for injection or artificial
recharge under this section only if provision is made for
protecting and maintaining the quality of groundwater in the
receiving part of the aquifer, and:
(1) the water used for artificial recharge is
groundwater withdrawn from the aquifer;
(2) the water is recharged through a natural recharge
feature; or
(3) the water is injected by the Alliance Regional
Water Authority, the Canyon Regional Water Authority, or a
municipally owned utility owned by the City of Buda, the City of
Kyle, the City of New Braunfels, or the City of San Marcos and:
(A) the water has a total dissolved solids
concentration of less than 1,500 milligrams per liter and is not
domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater, or reclaimed water as
those terms are defined by 30 T.A.C. Chapter 210, effective October
31, 2018;
(B) the injection well terminates in a portion of
the aquifer that contains groundwater with a total dissolved solids
concentration of more than 5,000 milligrams per liter; and
(C) if the water injected is state water, the
political subdivision or utility has a water right or contract for
use of the water that does not prohibit use of the water in an
aquifer storage and recovery project.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.