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The Texas Tribune reports:
The Texas Legislature has given oil and gas companies legal cover to sell wastewater to be treated and released into the state’s rivers, lakes and streams. State Rep. Drew Darby’s [photo] House Bill 49 — on its way to Gov. Greg Abbott — marks a step the oil and gas industry has said is a key barrier to expanding the treatment of the brine it generates, known as produced water, and making it available for reuse.
The bill protects landowners, oil, treatment and transportation companies from liability should consequences arise after they sell or treat the liquid. In Texas, record oil and gas production is only outmatched by the backwash that surfaces with the fossil fuels. There are five barrels of produced water for every barrel of oil. Texas oil companies are increasingly using this liquid, which is trapped in the rock where drilling and fracking occur, to frack more.
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Oil companies win protections from Texas Legislature ahead of selling fracking water
https://t.co/tNDCOH852Q— Sonal Shah (@SonalRShah) May 28, 2025
The Texas Legislature has given oil and gas companies legal cover to sell wastewater to be treated and released into the state’s rivers, lakes and streams. House Bill 49 protects landowners and companies from liability should consequences arise after they sell or treat the…
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) May 28, 2025