Texas Companies Eye Pecos River Watershed for Oilfield Wastewater

Texas regulators are issuing permits to discharge treated produced water. But questions remain about toxic pollutants in the wastewater.
The Greenwood Livestock Judging Team placed 12th at the Texas A&M FFA State CDEs in college station this weekend out of 103 teams Left to right: Addison Fontenot, Karlee Robinett, Tatum Bales, Cade Watkins.
The Greenwood Livestock Judging Team placed 12th at the Texas A&M FFA State CDEs in college station this weekend out of 103 teams Left to right: Addison Fontenot, Karlee Robinett, Tatum Bales, Cade Watkins.

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment.

By Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour Inside Climate News

WEST TEXAS - These days the Pecos River barely fills its dry, sandy bed where it crosses West Texas, but the river could be poised to flow again — with treated oilfield wastewater.

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