Develop Procedures and Tools to Delineate Areas Designated or Used for Class II Well Wastewater Injectate
Project Summary:
The objective is to develop technically defensible mapping procedures and tools to improve and refine the existing default 15-mile buffer distance applied to Class II injections wells. The TWDB will form a technical advisory workgroup consisting of federal and state agencies and stakeholders that will be engaged throughout the study to build scientific consensus on appropriate buffers.
- TWDB Contract Manager:
- Juan Acevedo
- Funding Recipient:
- WSP USA
- Project Administrator:
- Rohit R. Goswami, Ph.D., P.E.
- Participants:
- WSP USA
- Project Start Date:
- October 30, 2020
- Project Completion Date:
- August 31, 2021
- Total Project Cost:
- $500,000
- TWDB Share of Project Cost:
- $500,000
- Benefits:
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The stakeholders and staff will have access to procedures and tools to (1) process publicly available Class II injection well locations and attributes and (2) to delineate or map areas for Class II well injection.
- No progress report yet available.
- Stakeholder Meeting 1
Project Details
Participants
Project Sponsors:
Texas Water Development Board
Juan Acevedo- Contract Manager
1700 N. Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78711
512-475-1557
Funding Recipient / Project Manager:
WSP USA
Rohit R. Goswami, Ph.D., P.E. – Senior Engineer
1601 South Mopac Expy.
Suite 325D
Austin, Texas 78746
737-703-3891
Project Milestones
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Announcement of Request for Qualifications | February 28, 2020 |
| Study approved by TWDB Board | March 13, 2020 |
| Statement of Qualifications received by TWDB | March 30, 2020 |
| Contract executed | October 30, 2020 |