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The approximately 60-acre body of water was created by a leak from a former oil well. Now, a local groundwater conservation district is trying to prove the Railroad Commission of Texas has the authority and responsibility to plug it.
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At least $102 million dollars. That’s just an initial estimate of the hit Panhandle ranchers took after an outbreak of wildfires in late February — including the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest in state history.
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The small lizard makes its home in West Texas and New Mexico. But as the region’s oil and gas industry has grown, swathes of the lizard’s habitat have been destroyed.
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Residents have split into two camps — those who drink the water and those who don’t. Even though the state is suing the small West Texas community to take over its water system, some local officials still claim local water is safe to drink.