Section 295.21 - Aquifer Storage and Recovery Projects(a) A water right holder or a person who has contracted for the use of water under a contract that does not prohibit the use of the water in an aquifer storage and recovery project may undertake an aquifer storage and recovery project without obtaining any additional authorization under Texas Water Code (TWC), Chapter 11, for the project. A person, as described in this section, undertaking an aquifer storage and recovery project must:(1) obtain any required authorizations under TWC, Chapter 27, Subchapter G, and TWC, Chapter 36, Subchapter N; and(2) comply with the terms of the applicable water right.(b) This section does not preclude the commission from considering an aquifer storage and recovery project, as defined in § 297.1 of this title (relating to Definitions), to be a component of a project permitted under TWC, Chapter 11, that is not required to be based on the continuous availability of historic, normal stream flow.30 Tex. Admin. Code § 295.21
The provisions of this §295.21 adopted to be effective June 28, 1996, 21 TexReg 5441; amended to be effective January 10, 1997, 22 TexReg 55; amended to be effective February 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 969; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 20, May 13, 2016, TexReg 3510, eff. 5/19/2016