2017: Brackish Wastewater spill tracking legislation

What are other states doing? “Most other states with oil and gas producers track wastewater spills and require drillers to report them.

•  In 2014, 55% of spills reported were wastewater-only in New Mexico
• .In Oklahoma that numbder is 36% of the total industry wide spills

What does texas do? Some say the RRC rules don’t address the issue in any measningful way. According to  former Texas Railroad Commission Executive Director John Tintera, via email to EnergyWire,“Produced water spills of any amount must be cleaned up under Statewide Rule 8 but reporting is not required in the agency rules.”

Does Texas track other oil & gas industry spill information?  Texas tracks spills of crude oil and condensate

Why does this matter?  A spill of brackish water can quickly kill century old trees and wildlife.

Click here for the Railroad Commission’s spill notification rule.

Click here for a copy of UT lands spill cleanup guidance.

Energy Wire | Wastewater spills untracked in Texas, masking pollution