By Anton Riecher
A bill passed by the Texas Legislature May 12 that would help make the proposed Medina County aquifer storage and recovery project a reality remains unsigned on Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk as of Friday.
The proposed project in Medina County calls for creating a 50,000 acre-foot freshwater ASR project in the brackish Trinity Aquifer. Senate Bill 616 amends the state water code to address aquifer storage and recovery projects that intersect the Edwards Aquifer, specifically in Williamson County east of Interstate 35.
On the same day the bill passed in the 89th Texas Legislature, Medina County Judge Keith Lutz, addressing a meeting of the Medina County Regional Water Alliance, said an amendment in support of the local ASR project has been successfully attached to SB 616.
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