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Texas Well Owner Network honored with prestigious state environmental award | AgriLife Today

Program earns 2018 Texas Environmental Excellence award in education. Writer: Paul Schattenberg, 210-859-5752, paschattenberg@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Diane Boellstorff, 979-458-3562, dboellstorff@tamu.edu Dr. Drew Gholson, 979-845-1461, dgholson@tamu.edu John W. Smith, 979-845-2761, johnwsmit

Source: Texas Well Owner Network honored with prestigious state environmental award | AgriLife Today

Does the Clean Water Act Apply to Groundwater? – Texas Agriculture Law

If a person discharges a pollutant from a point source into groundwater, and that pollutant then reaches a ?Water of the United States? as defined under the Clean Water Act, is a discharge permit required?? Two recent court cases have reached different results on this issue and now the Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on this question. Background The Clean Water Act Section 402 requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the discharge of ?pollutants? from ?point sources? into ?navigable waters.?? Each of… Read More ?

Source: Does the Clean Water Act Apply to Groundwater? – Texas Agriculture Law