Please join us to hear about related amendments to the Produced Water Act, Oil and Gas Act, and the Water Quality Act to protect fresh water and the public from toxic waste.

‘Produced Water’ is the oil and gas industry’s name for their toxic wastewater. The oil and gas industry consumes MILLIONS of gallons of New Mexico’s precious freshwater every year. During and after the fracking process, millions of gallons of so-called Produced Water is generated by the industry. Currently, this toxic waste is poisoning our land, water, and air with little regulation or oversight. Negligent spills occur daily. Thousands of massive ponds and corroded steel tanks store the highly toxic waste. Corrosion, human error, overflow, and equipment failure are the most common reasons for spills.

Changes in the law are necessary to ensure the safe handling and disposal of this toxic wastewater and to protect the public and preserve scarce freshwater. The amendments in the bill will:

1) prohibit freshwater use in fracking and

2) protect public health, the environment, and freshwater from oil and gas pollution.

PANELISTS:

1.) Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez,

2.) Rev. Dave Rogers with Citizens Caring for the Future, Carlsbad Resident,

3.) Dale Doremus, Sierra Club – Rio Grande Chapter Water Chair, and

4.) Norm Gaume, Water advocate and former ISC Director

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