All Class V aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) injection wells
shall be designed, constructed, completed, and closed to prevent commingling,
through the wellbore and casing, of injection waters with other fluids
outside of the authorized injection zone; mixing through the wellbore
and casing of fluids from aquifers of substantively different water
quality; and infiltration through the wellbore and casing of water
from the surface into ground water zones.
(1) Plans and specifications. Except as specifically
required in the terms of the Class V injection well authorization,
the drilling and completion of a Class V ASR injection well shall
be done in accordance with the requirements of §331.132 of this
title (relating to Construction Standards) and the closure of a Class
V ASR injection well shall be done in accordance with the requirements
of §331.133 of this title (relating to Closure Standards for
Injection Wells).
(A) If the project operator proposes to change the
injection interval to one not reviewed during the authorization process,
the project operator shall notify the executive director immediately.
The project operator may not inject into any unauthorized zone.
(B) The executive director shall be notified immediately
of any other changes, including but not limited to, changes in the
completion of the well, changes in the setting of screens, and changes
in the injection intervals within the authorized injection zone.
(2) Construction materials. Casing materials for Class
V ASR injection wells shall be constructed of materials resistant
to corrosion.
(3) Construction and workover supervision. All phases
of any ASR injection well construction, workover or closure shall
be supervised by qualified individuals who are knowledgeable and experienced
in practical drilling engineering and who are familiar with the special
conditions and requirements of injection well and water well construction.
(4) An ASR production well, or an ASR injection well
that is also serving as an ASR production well, and is providing water
to a public water system must comply with the applicable requirements
for groundwater sources in §290.41 of this title (relating to
Water Sources).
(5) All ASR injection wells and all ASR production
wells associated with a single ASR project must be located:
(A) within a continuous perimeter boundary of one parcel
of land; or
(B) within two or more adjacent parcels of land under
the common ownership, lease, joint operating agreement, or contract.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §331.183 adopted to be effective June 28, 1996, 21 TexReg 5443; amended to be effective November 23, 2000, 25 TexReg 11433; amended to be effective May 19, 2016, 41 TexReg 3513 |