Tex. Water Code § 27.151
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 27.151, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 27.151. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Aquifer storage and recovery project" means a project involving the injection of water into a geologic formation for the purpose of subsequent recovery and beneficial use by the project operator.
(2) "ASR injection well" means a Class V injection well used for the injection of water into a geologic formation as part of an aquifer storage and recovery project.
(3) "ASR recovery well" means a well used for the recovery of water from a geologic formation as part of an aquifer storage and recovery project.
(4) "Native groundwater" means the groundwater naturally occurring in a geologic formation.
(5) "Project operator" means a person holding an authorization under this subchapter to undertake an aquifer storage and recovery project.
(1) "Aquifer storage and recovery project" means a project involving the injection of water into a geologic formation for the purpose of subsequent recovery and beneficial use by the project operator.
(2) "ASR injection well" means a Class V injection well used for the injection of water into a geologic formation as part of an aquifer storage and recovery project.
(3) "ASR recovery well" means a well used for the recovery of water from a geologic formation as part of an aquifer storage and recovery project.
(4) "Native groundwater" means the groundwater naturally occurring in a geologic formation.
(5) "Project operator" means a person holding an authorization under this subchapter to undertake an aquifer storage and recovery project.
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