JT Keith
Artesia Daily Press
jtkeith@elritomedia.com
What a difference a year makes. What a difference it makes to have nine seniors on the Artesia girls’ volleyball team.
In the arid heart of Southeastern New Mexico, something remarkable is happening. Eddy and Lea counties—once quiet corners of the American Southwest—are now producing over a million barrels of oil per day, outpacing entire nations like Venezuela and Oman. But this boom comes with a byproduct that’s stirring both controversy and innovation: produced water.