84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 655, Chapter 505 Page: 6 of 20
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H.B. No. 655
1 otherwise provided by this section, the commission shall limit the
2 volume of water that may be recovered by an aquifer storage and
3 recovery project to an amount that does not exceed the amount of
4 water injected under the project. If the commission determines that
5 the proposed injection of water into a geologic formation will
6 result in a loss of injected water or native groundwater, the
7 commission shall impose additional restrictions on the amount of
8 water that may be recovered to account for the loss. The commission
9 may not deny a permit based on a determination that a loss described
10 by this subsection will occur. A limitation imposed under this
11 subsection may not prohibit the production of native groundwater by
12 an aquifer storage and recoveryproject if the production complies
13 with Subchapter N, Chapter 36.
14 (c) The commission by rule shall prescribe construction and
15 completion standards and metering and reporting requirements for
16 ASR injection wells and ASR recovery wells, including for an ASR
17 injection well that also serves as an ASR recovery well.
18 (d) The commission may not adopt or enforce groundwater
19 quality protection standards for the quality of water injected into
20 an ASR injection well that are more stringent than applicable
21 federal standards.
22 Sec. 27.155. REPORTING OF INJECTION AND RECOVERY VOLUMES.
23 (a) A project operator shall install a meter on each ASR injection
24 well and ASR recovery well associated with the aquifer storage and
25 recovery project.
26 (b) Each calendar month, the project operator shall provide
27 to the commission a written or -electronic report showing for the6
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 655, Chapter 505, legislative document, June 16, 2015; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth705600/m1/6/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.