New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission bans discharge of fracking wastewater

New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission bans discharge of fracking wastewater

Major changes included a permit requirement, characterization of fracking wastewater and a ban on discharges outside the oilfield.

State water quality board backs off controversial oil and gas project discharges

About 30 people held protest signs during the Water Quality Control Commission meeting Tuesday afternoon, as deliberations continue over a proposed produced water rule. (Danielle Prokop / Source NM)Several environmental groups declared victory in an ongoing rulemaking process to expand the uses of oil and gas wastewater beyond the oilfields, after the Water Quality Control Commission during a Tuesday hearing reversed its position to allow releas…

Water Quality Control Commission adopts rule banning discharge of oil, gas wastewater to ground, surface waters - Western Environmental Law Center

The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) today adopted a rule that prohibits the discharge of “produced water” to New Mexico’s ground and surface waters. Produced water is a waste byproduct of oil and gas operations and contains hundreds of known and unknown chemicals, many of which are toxic to human health and the environment. After Amigos Bravos and the Sierra Club, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, requested …