Fracking Waste Gets a Second Look to Ease Looming West Texas Water Shortage

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By By Dylan BaddourDec 19, 2022, 10:00 am328 pts
Aquifers beneath the Permian Basin are slowly running out. Recycling “produced water” should help to slow the decline. By Dylan Baddour Fracked wells in West Texas don’t just produce petroleum. Much more than anything else, they spit up salty, mucky water.

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