The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is so concerned about a plan to drill thousands of oil wells around Balmorhea State Park in West Texas that it has embarked on an unprecedented environmental study of the springs that feed the park’s famous pool, provides drinking water for thousands of people and supports one of the most sensitive ecologies in Texas. The study of the San Solomon Springs aims to monitor the effects oil and gas drilling by Apache Corp. of Houston,?….

Source: State begins testing Balmorhea springs as Apache drills nearby – Houston Chronicle