Category: Water
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How to fight Texas wastewater permits
All five Permian discharge applications—for the Pecos River basin—are currently under TCEQ review and comments are open now. You can submit comments or request a public meeting through TCEQ’s eComment site. NGL Water Solutions Permian (Reeves…
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We Built a Map of Every Texas Well at Risk of Leaking Toxic Oilfield Wastewater
Texas pumps billions of barrels of oilfield wastewater back underground every year. That pressure has to go somewhere — one place it can end up is the nearest old well, a zombie well, plugged and…
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The Texas Oil Industry Wants to Dump Its Toxic Wastewater on Farms. Regulators Need To Protect The Public.
Texas wants to let oil and gas companies treat produced water, the salty and often radioactive waste from oil wells, and spray it on farmland across the state. We think that rule’s not ready. It…
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Texans Want Their Land and Health Protected from Toxic Oilfield Wastewater
TCEQ asked whether oil and gas companies should be allowed to spread treated produced water on Texas land. Forty-six people wrote in. We read them and pulled out what each person said. Zero commenters supported…
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Texas Deleted Its Data About Which Towns Have Dangerous Water. We Grabbed it for You.
Texas audits cities’ water every year — but state regulators just deleted 15 years of those records from the web, making it nearly impossible to check your town’s past. We saved the files and built…