Fracking produces vast quantities of wastewater, and a Texas law would treat it and use it for crops and industry. Here’s ...

There seems to be a very simple answer to the question of what to do with toxic fracking water. Reuse it for more fracking. Instead of creating more toxic waste ...

An estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater -- or produced water -- is generated annually by the Permian Basin fracking industry, according to a 2022 report. The major waste stream has proved ...

The state prohibits oil companies from discharging untreated produced water into lakes and rivers. Instead they must put the resurfaced produced water in a disposal well or reuse it for more fracking.

The state prohibits oil companies from discharging untreated produced water into lakes and rivers. Instead they must put the resurfaced produced water in a disposal well or reuse it for more fracking.

As New Mexico's water supply dwindles, lawmakers search for new solutions, one of which could be the reuse of oil-industry fracking water, though much research is still required.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Environmental officials in New Mexico took initial steps Monday toward regulating the treatment and reuse of oil industry fracking water as the state grapples with scarce ...

Industry leaders estimate that produced water makes up about half of the water that operators use for fracking, with the rest being mostly brackish water. Few use freshwater, experts said, a ...

Researchers watered the alfalfa with cleaned produced water from a fracking site. No contaminants were detected in the plant or soil. Credit: Eli Hartman for The Texas Tribune.