Water Recyclers in Texas Make a Big Splash:
Industry Forms the Texas Water Recycling Association
The Texas Water Recycling Association (TWRA)
announced its formation to represent all water recyclers in Texas, making it
the first of its kind in the state. TWRA’s goal is to be the voice of the Texas
water recycling industry by providing coordinated and focused outreach to the
public, media, and stakeholder groups. The creation of this new non-profit was
revealed on June 27 in front of a joint hearing of the Texas House of
Representatives House Energy and House Natural Resources Committees.
“The water recyclers in Texas have a key strategic
position in the development of our natural resources,” said David Porter, Texas
Railroad Commissioner. “This industry will not only become more important in
the energy sector, but in other businesses where water use is a key component.”
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, TWRA will promote water
recycling through public awareness, ensure members adhere to sound business
practices, identify recycling incentives, and promote regulatory and
legislative initiatives.
“Over the eight years we have been operating in Texas, we
have seen the water recycling business grow with the development of the shale
plays,” said Brent Halldorson of Fountain Quail, one of the founding members of
the TWRA and the largest water recycler in the state. “We are organizing into
an association that will support industry efforts to recycle and conserve
water.”
“In Texas, water makes the business world go ‘round,”
said John Tintera, an industry and regulatory veteran and the newly named
Executive Director of the TWRA. “From
Oil and Gas extraction to manufacturing and across all of our agricultural
efforts, recycling water is the best way to conserve and protect our essential
resource. I am pleased for the opportunity to serve as a spokesman and leader
for this vital industry.”
TWRA’s mission is to serve as a facilitator to bring all
interested industries together so that they can discuss the best ways to
recycle and conserve water in Texas.
