Texas HB1523 prohibits the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality from authorizing Class V injection wells for aquifer storage and recovery.
Texas HB1523 amends the Water Code to prohibit the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality from authorizing Class V injection wells for aquifer storage and recovery projects in certain areas. Specifically, the prohibition applies to wells located in groundwater conservation districts that are partly in counties with populations between 70,000 and 100,000, containing a portion of the Colorado River, and adjacent to counties with populations of one million or more.
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