Author: Todd Votteler

Todd Votteler is President of Collaborative Water Resolution LLC and Water Opinions LLC. He is the Editor-in-Chief as well as a co-founder of both the Texas Water Journal, and Texas+Water. Todd has 30 years of experience in Texas water resources management, policy, dispute resolution, and science. Votteler served as Special Master during the Edwards Aquifer Endangered Species Act litigation, Sierra Club v Babbitt et al. He has a B.S. in Natural Resources from The University of the South, an M.S. in Natural Resources from The University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Geography from Texas State University.

law+water: Marisa Perales

This month we explore issues on the topics of whether TCEQ’s interpretation of anti-degradation requirements for wastewater discharge permits is consistent with the federal Clean Water Act, whether the Clean Water Act “requires a permit when pollutants originate from a point source but are conveyed to navigable waters by a nonpoint source,” and whether TCEQ staff’s anti-degradation review was adequate to demonstrate that the receiving water’s designation of “exceptional aquatic life use” will be maintained and that water quality will not be lowered by more than a de minimis amount, if the requested discharge were permitted.