8/20/2026
Pressure Increases for Texas to Allow Treated Drilling Waste Into Rivers and Rangeland
Filed by Terra Bloom
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Texas is hurtling toward a disposal crisis: the Permian Basin generates nearly 1 billion gallons of toxic oil and gas wastewater every day, and the underground injection wells that have long swallowed this "produced water" are nearly full. Now, industry leaders and elected officials are pu
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Terra Bloom
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Texas is hurtling toward a disposal crisis: the Permian Basin generates nearly 1 billion gallons of toxic oil and gas wastewater every day, and the underground injection wells that have long swallowed this "produced water" are nearly full. Now, industry leaders and elected officials are pushing to treat this chemical-laden waste and discharge it into rivers and spread it across rangel
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