By Martha Pskowski
June 11th, 2026
Commission Shift, a non-profit focused on improving oil and gas oversight in Texas, has urged regulators to proceed with caution when permitting uses of produced water outside the oil industry. The organization said incidents like the leak in Grandfalls show that injection should be restricted.
“It’s time to stop injecting in areas that are overpressurized, where we keep seeing these problems,” said Julie Range, Commission Shift policy manager. “The combination of overpressurized fluids and unplugged conduits is creating these very expensive messes.”
The organization is circulating a petition urging TCEQ to strengthen the proposed rule on spreading produced water on land, which is currently under review, because of concerns about potential groundwater contamination and toxic exposure.
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