Overview
UT Law’s Texas Water Law Institute brings together regulatory agency members, water law practitioners and experts from around the state to discuss the latest information and developments in Texas water law and planning.
The 2014 program features:
- Chairman Carlos Rubinstein provides an update on the new Texas Water Development Board and implementation of HB-4 for financing the State Water Plan
- Chairman Bryan Shaw discusses the TCEQ’s response to the challenges posed by the Texas drought
- A look at water conservation and implementation challenges in Texas and across the nation
- An overview of current brackish groundwater regulations, with focused attention on the development and ongoing implementation of San Antonio’s brackish groundwater project
- A review of Day and Bragg and the implications for Groundwater Conservation Districts
- An exploration of the concerns surrounding the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on water supply and quality
- A discussion of the draft USACE/EPA rule defining "waters of the U.S.”
- Expected changes resulting from transfer of water utility regulation to the Public Utility Commission of Texas
- Case law updates highlighting key surface water and groundwater cases; as well as a look at what’s ahead this legislative session to address water issues
- Conflicts of interest for water lawyers
- Wednesday evening’s Texas Water Law Overview with Jim Mathews and Doug Caroom
- Earn up to 15.75 hours of CLE credit including 1.50 hours of ethics
