Hundreds of thousands of gallons of toxic water from East Palestine are being disposed of in Harris County, Texas.
, “Texas Molecular president Frank Marine in a statement Thursday said the company is keeping the city of Deer Park and Harris County updated on water management efforts related to the Ohio derailment fire.”
She said the amount of toxic wastewater, and the length of time it had been moving through Harris County, was unknown to her and other county officials until Thursday.: “Hidalgo said there was no law requiring her office to be informed about wastewater but said she was upset local officials were kept out of the loop by a ‘fundamentally broken’ system. She said her office had been in contact with the company, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the [U.S.
“The government officials have readily provided the information they have, but what we’re learning is that they themselves don’t seem to have the full information. I’m still not sure why,” Hidalgo continued. “I’m not clear on who has the full picture of what is happening here and that is a problem.” “There may be logistical reasons for all of this. There may be economic reasons. Perhaps Texas Molecular outbid the Michigan facility,” said Hidalgo. “It doesn’t mean there’s something nefarious going on, but we do need to know the answer to this question.”residents on Thursday that they need not worry about the safety of their drinking water.
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