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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News

Pressure mounts to allow treated oilfield waste in Texas rivers and on rangeland

This story is published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for the ICN newsletter here.

ORLA — Elected officials and industry leaders warn that Texas is at the “precipice” of running out of underground space to dispose of the nearly 1 billion gallons of wastewater that oil and gas production generates every day in the Permian Basin.

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