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This is a list of Superfund sites in Texas designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Texas ranks 17th in the U.S. for number of drowning deaths, with 2,350 drownings per year and average annual drowning deaths per 100,000 residents at 1.37, according to a MoneyGeek analysis.. In ...
Texas has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in polluted waterways. A new report draws upon self disclosed data by industrial facilities provided to the EPA. The study counted 17 ...
Hawk Dunlap stands at the site of Lake Boehmer, a brine lake that has leaked out of an old well in Pecos County. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality received $10 million from lawmakers ...
The following is a list of reservoirs and lakes in the U.S. state of Texas. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
The lake has been slowly growing since 2003. [2] It covers an area of more than sixty acres and the water is three times as salty as seawater. [1] [2] The casing in the well is corroded and the well hit a salt layer. [2] The sulfate level is twenty-five times the legal limit for drinking water. [1]
A topographical map of Lake Cypress Springs and the surrounding area. In 2014, construction finished on Phase 3a of the Keystone Pipeline which passes within 3,000 ft (910 m) of the west end of the lake. On 27 December 2015, torrential rains caused the lake to rise to all-time highs.
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