Oil is turning water toxic in some parts of Texas

West Texas has an oil problem. And it's not the oil, it's the water. For every barrel of oil pumped out of the Peran Basin, producers pull up four barrels of toxic, ultra salty water.It's five times saltier than the ocean, loaded with chemicals, and too contaminated to use. So, the industry does pretty much the only thing it can, shoot it back underground. But that fix is starting to fail.Disposal wells are causing earthquakes, leaks, and pressure underground. And with oil production still rising, the regio ...