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Volume 10-No. 5 "THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR WATER"
Saltwater Disposal Methods Scheduled
For Second Hearing Nov. 20 In AustinPollution of fresh water, the life-
blood of the South Plains was brought
before the Texas Water Pollution Con-
trol Board in Austin when the Board
asked for proposals on the best way
to dispose of oilfield brine. The prob-
lem brought before the Board was:
What to do with the salt-water that
comes to the surface with oil.
Immediately preceeding the hearing
on salt-water injection wells, the Pol-
lution Board heard evidence on the
surface disposal of brine into unlined
earthen pits. The Texas Water Com-
mission stated that this disposal prac-
tice should be halted in the Ogallala
formation area. On this topic the oilcompanies challenged the Pollution
Board's authority. Elmer Patman, at-
torney for Superior Oil Company,
stated that the Pollution Board has no
jurisdiction on the discharge of oil-
field brine into unlined earthen pits.
The Texas Water Pollution Control
Board, the Railroad Commisssion, the
High Plains Underground Water Con-
servation District, the North Plains
Underground Water Conservation Dis-
trict, the Panhandle Underground
Water Conservation District and the
Red River Authority rules already in
effect in 33 of the 48 Ogallala counties,
outlawing the use of salt-water pits.
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H. G. WELLS
H. G. Wells, State Representative,
has been appointed Attorney for the
High Plains Underground Water Con-
servation District. Wells, a resident of
Tulia, completed his high school edu-
cation there. He is a graduate of North
Texas State University with a Bache-
lor of Arts Degree.
The Representative did graduate
work at West Texas State University
and studied law at the University of
Texas Law School. He ran for the
State Legislature in 1957 and is pres-'' ently serving his third term of office.
He has had himself taken off the state
payroll as a Representative to accept
the job with the Water District.
The Representative will retain his
seat in the House of Representatives
and will take a leave of absence from
the District during legislative sessions.
Legality of Wells' acceptance of the
job with the authority was based on
early attorney generals' opinions, up-
held by Attorney General Waggoner
Carr's recent opinion that membership
in the Legislature is not incompatable
with employment w it h districts of
this type.
Precedent was set for Wells' action
by Sam Collins of Newton who this
summer took similar steps in order
to go to work for the Sabine River
Authority. Other Representatives are
teaching school, in public schools or
colleges, which receive direct state
funds. The High Plains Water Dis-
trict has no state appropriations. It is
a district supported by local tax funds.
The Texas Constitution prohibits a
person from holding two state jobs
from which income is received at the
same time.
Wells taught school in Tulia High
School for one year, and has served
in the Army two years. He was ad-
mitted to the State Bar of Texas in
1961 and has practiced law in Tulia
since his admittance. He is a member
of the State Bar Association, Kiwanis,
and the Methodist Church.
As a State Representative, Wells has
been on the Committee for Conser-
vation and Reclamation for his three
terms of office.
Wells, who is a partner in a Swish-
er County Farm, will retain his resi-
dence in Tulia.SECTION TUSAG
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I cJWTION WELL MEETING PROPOSED MINIMUM STANDARDS
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