Texas Agency Drafts Rules for Using Treated Fracking Wastewater on Farms: Your Water, Your Land

Texas is considering using treated fracking wastewater on farmland to combat severe water shortages, with the state's environmental agency (TCEQ) drafting new rules. Critics warn the proposed regulations are insufficient, as they apply existing municipal wastewater standards rather than specific ones for unique fracking contaminants, raising significant legal and public health concerns about land and water contamination.