Reports

December 2010

Study Commission on Region C Water Supply Draft Report to the 82nd Legislature
Appendices are linked on the Study Commission on Region C Water website.

November 4th, 2009

“An Update and Prognosis on the Use of Fresh Water Resources in the Development of Fort Worth Basin Barnett Shale Natural Gas Reserves”
By L. Peter Galusky, Jr. Ph.D., P.G., P.E.

April 2009

"Energy‐Water Nexus in Texas"
By Ashlynn S. Stillwell, Carey W. King, Michael E. Webber, Ian J. Duncan, Amy Hardberger
In affiliation with: The University of Texas at Austin and the Environmental Defense Fund

July 2008

RRC / TCEQ Saltwater Minimization Projects

• Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program
  Watershed Project Final Report
  "Choke Canyon Reservoir Saltwater Minimization Project "
  Prepared by the: Railroad Commission of Texas
  In cooperation with: Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
  Contract no. 582-6-77032

• Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program
  Watershed Project Final Report
  "Petronila Creek Saltwater Minimization Project phase II"
  Prepared by the: Railroad Commission of Texas
  In cooperation with: Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
  Contract no. 582-5-70831

April 3rd, 2007

“Fort Worth Basin/Barnett Shale Natural Gas Play: An Assessment of Present and Projected Fresh Water Use”
By L. Peter Galusky, Jr. Ph.D., P.E.

April 2006

Texas Water Development Board, Report 366
"Please Pass the Salt: Using Oil Fields for the Disposal of Concentrate from Desalination Plants"
By Robert E. Mace, et al
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at San Antonio