Susquehanna River Basin Water Use Approvals for May 2026
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This notice lists water-use approvals granted in May 2026 for projects in the Susquehanna River Basin. The approvals allow named companies to consume set daily volumes of water, including one manufacturing site and several energy drilling pads in Pennsylvania. The practical effect is limited and project-specific. Companies named in the notice can continue or modify approved water use within the listed caps, while local communities, environmental teams, and water-resource managers can track where significant water withdrawals are authorized.
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Key Changes
- Approves consumptive water use of up to 1.3 million gallons per day for SVC Manufacturing’s Gatorade facility in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- Modifies Coterra Energy’s approval for the ConboyT P1 pad, allowing consumptive water use of up to 6.5 million gallons per day.
- Renews several water-use approvals for energy drilling pads, with listed caps ranging from 3.5 to 7.5 million gallons per day.
Obligations
What this law requires
SVC Manufacturing, Inc. may conduct consumptive water use for the Gatorade—Mountaintop project in Wright Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, only up to the approved limit of 1.3000 million gallons per day under ABR-202605001.
Coterra Energy Inc. may conduct consumptive water use for Pad ID ConboyT P1 in Middletown Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, only up to the approved limit of 6.5000 million gallons per day under modified approval ABR-202312002.1.
BKV Operating, LLC may conduct consumptive water use for Pad ID Baker West (Brothers) in Forest Lake Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, only up to the approved limit of 5.0000 million gallons per day under renewed approval ABR-201103049.R3.
Coterra Energy Inc. may conduct consumptive water use for Pad ID LymanJ P1 in Springville Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, only up to the approved limit of 5.0000 million gallons per day under renewed approval ABR-201104018.R3.
Expand Operating LLC may conduct consumptive water use for Pad ID Noble Drilling Pad #1 in Lathrop Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, only up to the approved limit of 7.5000 million gallons per day under renewed approval ABR-201104015.R3.