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Produced water and disposal in Texas
Where the water goes: permitted injection capacity, reported volumes by county and operator, and the Permian deep-disposal wells that report daily. How disposal is reported →Every active disposal well on the map →
Texas operators reported 10.7 billion barrels of injected water on H-10 filings in the twelve months through June 2025, up 1% on the year before.
42,054 injection and disposal wells hold active UIC permits, with 247 million barrels a day of permitted capacity between them.
The Permian deep-disposal wells that report daily to TexNet injected 5.1 million barrels a day in August 2026, across 721 wells and 95 operators. Same-well volumes were up 8% on a year earlier.
Loving County took the most water, 1.3 billion barrels over the H-10 year, ahead of Reeves.
NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC reported the largest volume of any operator, 617 million barrels across 5 counties.
The RRC issued 165 drilling permits tagged as produced-water disposal in the last year, 22% more than the year before.
- 10.7B
- bbl injected, H-10 year to Jun 2025 +1%
- 42,054
- active injection wells
- 247M
- bbl/d permitted capacity
- 126,651
- UIC permits on file
- 165
- disposal drilling permits, last year +22%
- 5.07M
- bbl/d, Permian daily reporters, Aug 2026
Reported injection, by month
H-10 FILINGS · TEN YEARS TO JUN 2025 · 39,030 WELLS REPORTING
H-10s are annual filings on staggered well anniversaries, so the latest months are always incomplete. The series ends at the last month whose filings are at least 90% complete against a year earlier, and nothing after it is shown.
Last 12 months 10,664,428,413 · prior 12 10,537,821,071(+1%)
UT BEG TexNet injection reporting tool
Permian deep disposal, reported daily
Operators of deep disposal wells in the seismic response areas report daily volumes to TexNet. It covers a few hundred wells, not the state, but it runs about a year ahead of H-10. Figures are for Aug 2026, the last settled calendar month; the feed itself runs through Nov 1, 2026.
- 5.07M
- bbl per day
- 157M
- bbl in the month
- 721
- wells, 95 operators
- +8%
- same wells vs a year earlier
Where the water goes
Counties by reported H-10 volume over the settled year, with active wells and permitted capacity. Each county has its own page with the well inventory.
| County | Injected, bbl | Active wells | Capacity bbl/d |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loving | 1.27B | 342 | 9.59M |
| Reeves | 1.27B | 479 | 10M |
| Howard | 489M | 1,180 | 5.96M |
| Midland | 399M | 315 | 4.84M |
| Martin | 364M | 301 | 5.12M |
| Ward | 342M | 1,051 | 4.94M |
| Pecos | 329M | 719 | 9.5M |
| Andrews | 315M | 2,504 | 8.72M |
| Culberson | 294M | 122 | 4.09M |
| Scurry | 281M | 1,529 | 13.7M |
| Gaines | 279M | 2,484 | 11.8M |
| Yoakum | 273M | 2,521 | 9.1M |
| Ector | 262M | 3,022 | 8.87M |
| Guadalupe | 260M | 52 | 1.94M |
| Stephens | 235M | 669 | 1.93M |
| Glasscock | 218M | 261 | 2.97M |
| Upton | 208M | 589 | 3.91M |
| Caldwell | 195M | 101 | 1.68M |
| Reagan | 185M | 194 | 2.96M |
| Winkler | 177M | 653 | 3.14M |
| Hockley | 166M | 2,367 | 6.92M |
| Gregg | 134M | 61 | 951K |
| Crane | 134M | 1,177 | 2.89M |
| Rusk | 103M | 160 | 1.06M |
| Upshur | 102M | 42 | 798K |
Who injects the most
Operators by reported H-10 volume over the settled year, against the year before.
| Operator | Injected, bbl | vs prior | Wells | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC | 617M | +9% | 117 | 5 |
| Kinder Morgan Prod Co LLC | 448M | -4% | 1,215 | 6 |
| Wes Water Holdings LLC | 386M | +6% | 69 | 3 |
| Texas Petro Investment Co | 382M | -1% | 55 | 5 |
| Occidental Permian Ltd | 368M | -2% | 3,370 | 18 |
| Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 353M | -5% | 96 | 4 |
| Basa Res, Inc | 336M | +4% | 885 | 9 |
| East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co | 320M | +5% | 87 | 4 |
| Deep Blue Oper I LLC | 288M | +15% | 142 | 9 |
| Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc | 275M | +0% | 196 | 7 |
| Hilcorp Engy Co | 272M | -29% | 3,499 | 36 |
| Solaris Water Midstream, LLC | 208M | +11% | 44 | 3 |
| Waterbridge Stateline LLC | 184M | +33% | 53 | 3 |
| DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC | 178M | -8% | 49 | 9 |
| Coterra Engy Oper Co | 169M | +21% | 38 | 2 |
| OXY USA WTP LP | 137M | +6% | 755 | 7 |
| Crescent Engy Oper, LLC | 128M | +32% | 297 | 16 |
| Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC | 126M | +33% | 31 | 3 |
| Bce-Mach III LLC | 111M | +0% | 1,769 | 14 |
| Pdeh LLC | 107M | +6% | 28 | 3 |
| OXY USA Inc | 103M | +24% | 342 | 5 |
| Occidental Permian EOR, LLC | 103M | -4% | 1,369 | 5 |
| Oxyrock Oper, LLC | 94.9M | +9% | 51 | 4 |
| Texian Operating Company, LLC | 93.9M | -5% | 96 | 4 |
| Rattler Midstream Oper LLC | 93.2M | -17% | 32 | 6 |
What the permits are for
UIC permits by purpose: W-14 disposal, H-1 enhanced recovery, and the rest. Active means activated, not cancelled, not plugged.
- Disposal (W-14)
- 4,760 active of 16,780
- Enhanced recovery (H-1)
- 35,602 active of 87,172
- Other injection
- 1,692 active of 22,699
Most permitted injection in Texas is enhanced recovery in old fields. Disposal is the smaller, faster-growing share, and it is where the capacity and the earthquakes are.
New disposal permits, by year
W-14 permits by the date on the permit. The current year is partial.
- 2012363
- 2013445
- 2014535
- 2015363
- 2016282
- 2017255
- 2018319
- 2019499
- 2020340
- 2021237
- 2022287
- 2023248
- 2024286
- 2025250
- 202661
How deep
Active wells by the top of their permitted injection zone. The deep end is the Permian's Ellenburger and Devonian disposal.
- 0–2,500 ft9,243
- 2,500–5,000 ft21,843
- 5,000–7,500 ft9,148
- 7,500–10,000 ft1,287
- 10,000–12,500 ft259
- 12,500–15,000 ft45
- 15,000–17,500 ft2
- 17,500–20,000 ft3
- 20,000–22,500 ft1
Latest disposal permits
DRILLING PERMITS TAGGED PRODUCED-WATER · 165 IN THE LAST YEAR
| Issued | Permit | Operator | County | Lease / well |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | 919790 | High Noon Resources, LLC | Martin | Bowman SWD #1 31747614 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 919600 | Brahma Services II LLC | Robertson | B Ridge SWD #1 39532141 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 919695 | Layne SWD, LLC | Reeves | Womac SWD #1 38942375 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 919694 | Layne SWD, LLC | Reeves | Lucky Texan SWD #1 38942374 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 919656 | TGB Equipment Leasing, LLC | Houston | George 556 SWD #1 22531444 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 919502 | Covington SWD LP | Culberson | Adios SWD G #7 10934646 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 919500 | Covington SWD LP | Culberson | Adios SWD F #6 10934645 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 919499 | Covington SWD LP | Culberson | Adios SWD E #5 10934644 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 919496 | Covington SWD LP | Culberson | Adios SWD D #4 10934643 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 919495 | Covington SWD LP | Culberson | Adios SWD C #3 10934642 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 919493 | Covington SWD LP | Culberson | Adios SWD B #2 10934641 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 919488 | Covington SWD LP | Culberson | Adios SWD #1 10934640 |
Read next
- Earthquakes, statewide → The seismic side of the same counties.
- How disposal is permitted and reported →
- Loving County disposal → 342 active wells
- Reeves County disposal → 479 active wells
- Howard County disposal → 1,180 active wells
- Midland County disposal → 315 active wells
- Martin County disposal → 301 active wells
- Ward County disposal → 1,051 active wells
About this data
UIC permits and H-10 injection reports from the RRC, rebuilt nightly; H-10 figures end at the last settled month, Jun 2025, tables computed Oct 29, 2026. TexNet daily volumes for the Permian deep-disposal wells are read at request time.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/water/tx, documented in the API reference.