Residents are worried about the effect on their drinking water while business leaders are optimistic about the new jobs.
ODESSA — West Texans are divided over a proposed carbon dioxide injection site in the heart of the nation’s oil-rich Permian Basin . Local elected leaders and executives have promised cleaner air after the site is operational, while environmental activists are wary of seismic activity and water contamination.
He had just recently learned about the hearings, he said. “Our seismic activity has risen out of this area to astronomical levels. We had an earthquake just a couple of weeks ago that was 5.5 on the Richter scale,” Collins said, later adding concerns about the groundwater piping into his home. “I use well water, and my water comes from the Ogallala Aquifer, and I’m concerned about that aquifer.
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