If the definition of “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”) under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) were a movie series, we would have far surpassed the original film, the sequel, the threequel, and even the prequel.
Source: Sixth Time’s A Charm? Another Chapter in the WOTUS Saga | Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.
Ongoing seismicity concerns and orphan well risks are pushing operators and regulators to explore alternatives for managing produced water.
Source: Comments: Texas Explores Beneficial Reuse as Produced-Water Flows Top 24 Million B/D | JPT
The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in Volume 17, a legal review titled “The Texas Supreme Court’s Decision Concerning Ownership of Produced Water in Cactus Water Services LLC v. COG Operating LLC: When Is Water Not Water?,” by Joshua Katz.
Source: Texas Water Journal publishes new legal review in Volume 17 | Texas Water Resources Institute
Amid a water crisis in Texas, a billionaire manager wants to pump 15 billion gallons a year from the aquifer in rural eastern Texas and sell it to rapidly growing metropolitan areas, while farmers, local politicians, and groundwater districts struggle to prevent their wells from simply drying up over the next few decades.
Six Colorado River Basin governors meeting Friday in DC as Arizona demands Upper Basin share water cut burden
As Basin state governors met in Washington D.C., to try and break the impasse, Colorado’s Attorney General said the state has a deep bench of lawyers to contend with multiple water disputes.
Texas’ senior senator sends letter to United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
Source: Cornyn wants Mexico’s water debt raised during USMCA review | Rio Grande Guardian
Texas’ environmental regulator this week issued the largest air pollution permit in the country to an enormous planned complex of gas power plants and data centers near the oilfields of the Permian Basin, according to an announcement from the project’s developers. Pacifico Energy, a global, investor-owned infrastructure company, called its 7.65 gigawatt GW Ranch in […]
The Board of Regents are set to meet next week in their first meeting of 2026. One item on the docket is the semiconductor institute planned for the RELLIS campus. Construction on the roughly $205 million dollar project is set to begin this March, but regents could vote to increase the overall budget for the project at next week’s meeting.
Source: Texas A&M Board of Regents look to begin semiconductor institute construction this year | KBTX