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Texas company fined $60K for taking water from river in Mississippi
2015-03-07 07:03:16| Waste Management - Topix.net
A Texas oil company involved in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale project has agreed to pay a $60,000 penalty for withdrawing water from a stream without a permit. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality tells The Enterprise-Journal Halcon Operating Co., based in Houston, agreed to pay the sum for taking water from Buffalo River in Wilkinson County before getting DEQ permission.
Toxic water treatment chemicals stored dangerously near millions of Texas students (with video)
2014-12-02 18:11:00| American School & University
Kimberlee Payton-Jones Municipally owned water treatment plants have been storing hazardous chemicals near hundreds of Central Texas schools. read more
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Ohio Water Crisis a Warning for Texas, Other States
2014-08-04 17:55:59| Waste Management - Topix.net
The harmful toxin found in Lake Erie that caused a water crisis in Ohio's fourth-largest city this weekend has raised concerns nationally.
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Drought forces Texas city to treat, recycle water for drinking
2014-07-10 07:14:08| Waste Management - Topix.net
As much of Texas deals with lingering drought, a second city in the Lone Star State has begun reusing treated wastewater in a state-approved recycling process to bolster drinking supplies.
Texas: Can't Tie Water Contamination to Drilling
2014-05-29 01:08:26| Energy - Topix.net
The amount of explosive gas tainting a North Texas neighborhood's water supply has increased in recent years, but the state's oil and gas regulator says it can't link the methane to drilling activity nearby, according to a report it released Wednesday.
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