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The oil and gas industry is polluting East Texas drinking water sources: ‘A disaster waiting to happen’

Posted on September 15, 2026 by Alan Day

JOAQUIN — The ground is swelling under a small East Texas town along the state border, where oil and gas wastewater is flowing up from old oil and gas wells and bursting into an aquifer used for drinking water.

East Texas drinking water threatened by oil and gas wastewater – Houston ChronicleDownload
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