🌱 How a 70-foot wastewater geyser put Carlsbad’s water watchdogs on alert.
Carlsbad, New Mexico Patch AM: a 3 min readGood day Carlsbad! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a 70-foot wastewater geyser put Carlsbad’s water watchdogs on alert.
- How new plutonium plans could affect storage near Carlsbad
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- Monday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 97 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Tuesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 88, low: 65.
- Wednesday: Thunderstorms, with a high of 82 and low of 65 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 70-foot wastewater geyser reflects New Mexico's latest oilfield challenge (grist.org) — A dramatic 70-foot geyser of oilfield wastewater erupted last week along the highway between Loving and Carlsbad, sending toxic produced water into a roadside ditch and prompting concern from the Carlsbad Soil and Water Conservation District. Local officials and state regulators are now testing contamination and planning cleanup, while a broader statewide debate continues over how New Mexico should handle growing volumes of oilfield wastewater. 
• Peripatetic Plutonium (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com) — Plans to dilute surplus plutonium and bury it at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad could shape how nuclear materials move and are stored in southeastern New Mexico. The piece critiques proposals to give plutonium to private reactor startups, raising safety, regulatory, and experience concerns about companies eyeing this fuel and the broader direction of U.S. nuclear policy.
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