Conservation News
EPA targets contaminated groundwater in Kermit (Midland Reporter-Telegram 9-8-16)
Senator Charles Perry: Oil and gas industry investing to conserve water (Abilene Reporter News 9-11-16)
Oil and gas production in Texas began on January 10, 1901 when the Lucas No. 1 well spewed mud, oil, and gas….
SOAH ? now pumped water under the bridge (9-8-16)
SOAH ? now pumped water under the bridge
Source: Bandera Courier Article
Texas H2O Current Issue Online – Texas Section AWWA
Current Issue Online – Texas Section AWWA
Texas Found 276 Cases of Groundwater Contamination Last Year | The Texas Tribune
Texas regulators last year documented 276 new cases of groundwater contamination, a slight increase compared to 2014 but far fewer than in years past.
Source: Texas Found 276 Cases of Groundwater Contamination Last Year | The Texas Tribune
Texas High Court to Hear ExxonMobil Permian Groundwater Dispute (NGI 9-2-16)
The Supreme Court of Texas agreed Friday to hear ExxonMobil Corp.’s arguments regarding a dispute with ranch owners in the Permian Basin concerning environmental impacts to freshwater from old oil and natural gas wells…
Lawmakers Push Back on Railroad Commission Overhaul Proposals (Texas Tribune 8-22-16)
Staff of the Sunset Advisory Commission, the legislative body that periodically reviews state agencies, has called for big changes at the 125-year-old agency, including beefing up its oversight of drilling, pipeline safety and abandoned wells….
Railroad Commission awaits decision on funds to plug abandoned wells (Houston Chronicle (9-2-16)
When residents of a Fort Bend County subdivision spoke to the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission about cancer in their neighborhood, the commissioners seemed sympathetic but a bit flummoxed. What would you like us to do? one commissioner asked….