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Tex. Water Code § 27.003 (2026)

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Sec. 27.003. POLICY AND PURPOSE. It is the policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter to maintain the quality of fresh water in the state to the extent consistent with the public health and welfare and the operation of existing industries, taking into consideration the economic development of the state, to prevent underground injection that may pollute fresh water, and to require the use of all reasonable methods to implement this policy.

Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3161, ch. 830, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1981. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 1.27, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2022 · leading case: R.R. Comm'n v. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water, 336 S.W.3d 619 (Tex. 2011).
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R.R. Comm'n v. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water, 336 S.W.3d 619 (Tex. 2011). · cites it 2× “" TEX. WATER CODE § 27.003. This narrow policy statement declines to promote a purpose of protecting public safety except where natural resources are concerned.”
Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas, 254 S.W.3d 492 (Tex. App.—Austin 2008). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Water Code Ann. § 27.003 (West Supp.”
Royalco Oil & Gas Corp. v. Stockhome Trading Corp., 361 S.W.3d 725 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2012). “used to inject, transmit, or dispose of industrial and municipal waste or oil and gas waste into a subsurface stratum” or a well that had originally been drilled to produce oil and gas but now "is used to transmit, inject, or dispose of industrial and municipal waste or oil and…”
Nicky E. Dyer v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Texcom Gulf Disposal, LLC, 646 S.W.3d 498 (Tex. 2022). “TCEQ 1 TEX. WATER CODE § 27.003. 2 Id. § 27.015(a).”
Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water & Mr. James G. Popp v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas & Pioneer Expl., No. 03-07-00025-CV (Tex. App.—Austin May 23, 2008). “See Tex. Water Code Ann. § 27.003 (West Supp.”
Texas Citizens for a Safe Future & Clean Water & Mr. James G. Popp v. R.R. Comm'n of Texas & Pioneer Expl., No. 03-07-00025-CV (Tex. App.—Austin May 23, 2008). “See Tex. Water Code Ann. § 27.003 (West Supp.”
Royalco Oil & Gas Corp. v. Stockhome Trading Corp., No. 02-10-00455-CV (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Jan. 26, 2012). “8 A 8 See Tex. Water Code Ann. §§ 27.003 , 27.011 (West 2008).”
Royalco Oil & Gas Corp. v. Stockhome Trading Corp., No. 02-10-00455-CV (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Jan. 26, 2012). “used to inject, transmit, or dispose of industrial and municipal waste or oil and gas waste into a subsurface stratum” or a well that had originally been drilled to produce oil and gas but now “is used to transmit, inject, or dispose of industrial and municipal waste or oil and…”
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