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.

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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 NewsWEST 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.Companies are…

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