Connecting Texans
to steal back our land, water, and future
We expose the people draining our water and poisoning our land, connect the communities getting hit, and help Texans fight on the same side.
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Why the Rule Allowing Treated oilfield wastewater on Texas Farms Needs to Be Redone
Texas wants to let oil and gas companies treat produced water, the salty and often radioactive waste from oil wells, and spread it on farmland across the state. We filed a comment telling TCEQ the rule isn’t ready. It tests for the things you’d find in sewage, not for radium, PFAS, benzene or other oilfield contaminants. The setbacks were built around odor complaints rather than spills. And it lets companies keep the test data quiet and leave the cleanup to neighbors and, eventually, taxpayers.
New Mexico looked at the same waste and banned it. Texas is rushing the other way.
Read more →Texans Overwhelmingly Oppose Using Land for Oilfield Wastewater
TCEQ asked whether oil and gas companies should be allowed to spread treated produced water on Texas land. Forty-six people wrote in. We read them and pulled out what each person said.
Zero commenters supported the rule outright (as of 2026/06/15 at 1:30 pm). Nearly everyone was concerned or hostile. Texans don’t want this wastewater on their land or in their water.
Browse the comments below. See the breakdown by stance and topic, and read the original letters yourself.
Read more →Mapping Messy Texas Water Data
Texas audits cities’ water every year — but state regulators just deleted 15 years of those records from the web, making it nearly impossible to check your town’s past.
We saved the files and built this map so you can see the actual pollution in your area. Use it to find out what is in your water, so you can fight for better water.
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