New Mexico environmental officials are initiating regulations to govern the treatment and reuse of oil industry fracking water, addressing the state’s water scarcity issues and the oil industry’s dwindling options for wastewater disposal. Protestors express concerns about undisclosed contaminants, while oil producers and water service providers request specific water quality standards. Despite the governor’s proposal to invest in treated water from oil and gas drilling, protestors denounce the reuse of toxic wastewater outside the oil field.
