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In West Texas, oil companies are recycling more fracking wastewater | The Texas Tribune

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Alan Day

Oil and gas companies are increasingly reusing “produced water” as West Texas aquifers are being depleted and the practice of injecting wastewater into disposal wells triggers more earthquakes.

Source: In West Texas, oil companies are recycling more fracking wastewater | The Texas Tribune

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