Tex. Water Code § 27.024
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 27.024, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 27.024. SHARING OF GEOLOGIC, HYDROLOGIC, AND WATER QUALITY DATA.
Official statutory text
(a) After a person developing an application for an area permit for an area located in a groundwater conservation district has identified a permit boundary, the person shall provide to that district:
(1) information regarding wells encountered by that person during the development of the area permit application that are not recorded in the public record;
(2) a map showing the locations of wells that are located within one-quarter mile of the location for the proposed permit and that are recorded in the public record;
(3) premining water quality information collected from wells described by Section 27.023(a);
(4) on a monthly basis, the amount of water produced from the wells described by Section 27.023(a); and
(5) a record of strata as described by Section 27.053, except confidential information described by Section 131.048, Natural Resources Code.
(b) A person may take not more than 90 days after the person receives the final information described by Subsection (a) to perform standard quality control and quality assurance procedures before the person submits the information to the groundwater conservation district.
(1) information regarding wells encountered by that person during the development of the area permit application that are not recorded in the public record;
(2) a map showing the locations of wells that are located within one-quarter mile of the location for the proposed permit and that are recorded in the public record;
(3) premining water quality information collected from wells described by Section 27.023(a);
(4) on a monthly basis, the amount of water produced from the wells described by Section 27.023(a); and
(5) a record of strata as described by Section 27.053, except confidential information described by Section 131.048, Natural Resources Code.
(b) A person may take not more than 90 days after the person receives the final information described by Subsection (a) to perform standard quality control and quality assurance procedures before the person submits the information to the groundwater conservation district.
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