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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Graphics by Carla Astudillo

Can Texas clean up fracking water enough to use for farming? One company thinks so.

The alfalfa garden patch at the Texas Pacific Water Resources research and development project site on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, outside of Midland.
An alfalfa garden patch grows at the Texas Pacific Water Resources research and development project site outside of Midland. Researchers watered the alfalfa with cleaned produced water from a fracking site. No contaminants were detected in the plant or soil. (Credit: Eli Hartman for The Texas Tribune)

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