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Texas regulators are issuing permits to discharge treated produced water. But questions remain about toxic pollutants in the wastewater.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

A high-tech chemical company has purchased the last available water in the Nueces River to make hydrogen and ammonia for export.

Legal exemptions provide flexibility for what counts as excusable, “unintentional” emissions, but federal regulators have taken small steps to tighten the rules

Some areas are starting the year with low water reserves, and forecasters don’t expect substantial relief from the weather.

Some areas are starting the year with low water reserves, and forecasters don’t expect substantial relief from the weather.

Some areas are starting the year with low water reserves, and forecasters don’t expect substantial relief from the weather.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Industrial developers describe large facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.