An Old Well Gushed Waste, Not Oil, in a Small West Texas Town

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By By Martha PskowskiJun 11, 2026, 4:55 am276 ptsTop
The Railroad Commission of Texas shut down injection wells to control a leak in a church parking lot. But 1.5 million gallons of toxic wastewater still spilled to the surface. By Martha Pskowski GRANDFALLS, Texas—An old oil well sprang back to life under the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of…

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