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Oil and Gas Facilities
February 22, 2018
Produced water reuse can be a valuable strategy for operators because lowering their water footprint helps promote sustainability. With oil production rising in the Permian, companies are producing more water in relatively small areas, leading to heavy investments in water infrastructure and water recyclingÃâà...
Hillcountrynews
January 8, 2018
All Levi Bell wanted was a state sweatshirt, even if it meant getting one with a broken ankle. The Cedar Park wrestler made it to the state tournament last season despite fracturing his ankle during his semifinal win at the regional tournament. He didn't win either of his matches in Cypress, but he's using thatÃâà...
Concho valley homepage
December 14, 2017
BARNHART, TX - A salt-water disposal injection well located on the grounds of NGL's Barnhart 687 SWD operation on RM 131 in Barnhart, Texas, malfunctioned Friday afternoon, December 8, 2017, spewing material high into the air. Winds gusting to 20 miles per hour carried the mist of material over aÃâà...
Big Country Homepage
August 9, 2017
Details surrounding Torrez's death have not been released, but his body was found 15 miles outside of Barnhart, Texas, exactly two weeks after he was first reported missing on July 21, 2017. Just days after Torrez's disappearance, an evidentiary search warrant was served at the home of his ex-girlfriend,Ãâà...
Big Country Homepage
August 4, 2017
Barnhart, Texas (KRBC/KTAB) - The Tom Green County Sheriff's investigators are releasing more information on the body of missing man, Eric Torrez, 41, that was found near Barnhart, Texas on Friday afternoon. According to the press release, Tom Green County Sheriff's investigators and members of theÃâà...
San Angelo LIVE!
August 4, 2017
BARNHART, TX — Tom Green County Sheriff David Jones confirmed early Friday evening that his investigators, along with multiple law enforcement ... of the Texas Ranger Service conducted a search, approximately 8 miles south of Barnhart, Texas, along highway TX 163 in Crocket County for Eric Torrez,Ãâà...
San Angelo LIVE!
May 1, 2017
IRION COUNTY TEXAS -- Shortly before 5 p.m. this afternoon, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers were dispatched to a major motor vehicle accident on US HWY 67, between Mertzon and Barnhart, Texas. The major motor vehicle accident was a head on collision involving a red ToyotaÃâà...
The Guardian
August 19, 2015
There are the two children in Pennsylvania who were given a lifelong gagging order over talking about fracking after a settlement with an oil and gas company. A woman in north Texas experienced nosebleeds, nausea and headaches after drilling started near her home. And in Barnhart, Texas, peopleÃâà...
Al Jazeera America (blog)
October 16, 2013
Beverly McGuire is a 35-year resident of Barnhart, Texas. The town, with a population of 92, now sees 300 trucks drive through every hour. After her own well went dry, McGuire borrowed $1,500 from the bank to buy a water meter, so she could get hooked up to the town's supply. “And the month I got thatÃâà...
CleanTechnica
September 13, 2013
Beverly McGuire has lived in Barnhart, TX for more than thirty years. Like many Texans, she probably didn't give fracking much thought before her town ran out of water. “The day that we ran out of water I turned on my faucet and nothing was there and at that moment I knew the whole of Barnhart was downÃâà...
The Guardian
August 11, 2013
Beverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime to no effect. But it still did not prepare her for the night last month when she turned on the tap and discovered the tiny town where she had made her home for 35Ãâà...
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