"In the oil fields north of Fort Stockton, #Texas, a large leak discovered at the beginning of December has joined a growing list of aging oil and gas wells in the area that have sat quietly for decades only to reawaken and spew toxic water."
“The worst thing about this one is that it’s toxic [and] radioactive #ProducedWater that is going into the #groundwater,” said Burch."
Fracking needs water (clean) that gets returned to the surface as "produced" water (not clean). A LOT of it.
"The land has subsided by as much as 11 inches since 2015 in a prime portion of the #Permian Basin, as drillers extract huge amounts of oil and water, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of satellite data. In other areas where drillers dispose of #wastewater in underground wells, the land has lifted by as much as 5 inches over the same period."