Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 30	ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1	TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 331	UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER K	ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS V INJECTION WELLS ASSOCIATED WITH AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY PROJECTS
RULE §331.185	Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

(a) An aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) project operator shall monitor each ASR injection well and each ASR production well associated with an ASR project. Each calendar month the project operator shall provide the executive director either a written or electronic report of the following information for the previous month:

(1) the volume of water injected for storage;

(2) the volume of water recovered for beneficial use;

(3) monthly average injection pressures; and

(4) other information as determined by the executive director as necessary for the protection of underground sources of drinking water.

(b) On an annual basis, an ASR project operator shall perform water quality testing on water to be injected at an ASR project and on water that is recovered from that project. The ASR project operator shall provide the executive director either a written or electronic report of the results of this testing. The report shall include the test results for all water quality parameters identified in the individual permit, general permit, or authorization by rule.

Source Note: The provisions of this §331.185 adopted to be effective June 28, 1996, 21 TexReg 5443; amended to be effective January 10, 1997, 22 TexReg 58; amended to be effective May 19, 2016, 41 TexReg 3513