2025 Takeaways: Water-management
The past year in water-management, professionals implemented new solutions and looked to combat aging infrastructure. As the ASCE estimated that bringing these systems to safe standards will require about $1 trillion in combined investment, what does this mean going into 2026?
Shaya Movafaghian, SPE, technology director for Cetco Energy Services relays his insights on innovation, development and deployment of products and services for the upstream oil and gas sector. The EPA announced modernization of Effluent Limitations Guidelines. This allows for more flexibility for data centers and rangeland irrigation. While across states like Texas, water rights were clarified. In the Lone Star State, subsurface pore-space ownership is a possessory right of the surface owner
“Many other regions are implementing unique water-management strategies, each deserving its own detailed discussion,” said Movafaghian. “If there is a key takeaway as 2025 comes to a close, it is the new level of diligence and depth in water-management planning, along with a growing recognition of the need to invest in more-complex methods and sophisticated technologies.”
