#109, Josh Katz, Who Owns Produced Water?

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Dr. Todd Votteler discusses produced water ownership and its implications with attorney Josh Katz.

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, talks with Josh Katz, attorney with Bickerstaff Heath, about a recent Texas Supreme Court decision on produced water ownership and its implications for water rights and policy. Josh practices in the areas of municipal law, environmental law, administrative law, water law, electric utility regulation, and civil litigation. He repr...

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Host: Dr. Todd Votteler

Guest: Josh Katz

Topics covered

• produced water
• water rights
• Texas Supreme Court
• environmental law
• water policy

Keywords

• produced water
• water ownership
• Texas Supreme Court
• water rights
• environmental law

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Organizations: Bickerstaff Heath, Texas Supreme Court, Texas+Water, Texas Water Journal

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