Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
WATER CODE |
Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION |
Subtitle B. WATER RIGHTS |
Chapter 11. WATER RIGHTS |
Subchapter D. PERMITS TO USE STATE WATER |
Sec. 11.155. AQUIFER STORAGE PILOT PROJECT REPORTS
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(a) On completion of each pilot project, the board and the commission jointly shall:
(1) prepare a report evaluating the success of the project; and
(2) provide copies of the report to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) The board shall make other studies, investigations, and surveys of the aquifers in the state as it considers necessary to determine the occurrence, quantity, quality, and availability of other aquifers in which water may be stored and subsequently retrieved for beneficial use. The board shall undertake the studies, investigations, and surveys in the following order of priority:
(1) the aquifers described in Section 11.153(a);
(2) areas designated by the commission as "priority groundwater management areas" under Section 35.008; and
(3) other areas of the state in a priority to be determined by the board's ranking of where the greatest need exists.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1057, Sec. 9.