Hundreds Of Midland County (TX) Residents Suing After Chromium Contamination Of Water Wells

MIDLAND COUNTY - Hundreds of people in southern Midland County had their wells contaminated with chromium and now they're suing.

According to documents obtained by the Midland Reporter-Telegram, the residents want compensation for past and future medical expenses, diminished property values and other losses.

Midland lawyer Brian Carney filed the bigger suit against Dow Chemical, Lear Corporation and Schlumberger Technology. Another lawsuit was filed on behalf of 10 plaintiffs.

A Dow chemical spokesman had no immediate comment and a message for the Schlumberger spokesman was not returned.

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http://www.newswest9.com/story/14593880/midland-county-residents-suing-over-contaminated-water-wells

And they will see what the republicans have done to them in tort reform. I doubt they will get anywhere with this.

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IOPBY

Epic in its scale.

Drought-Plagued Midland, Texas, Is Running Out of Water
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-environmental-news/water-supply/drought-plagued-midland-texas-is-running-out-of/

Without significant rain, all three reservoirs may be dry by January 2013, according to John Grant, the general manager for the Colorado River Municipal Water District, which supplies reservoir water to Midland, Odessa and several other cities. Lake Ivie (pictured) is the fullest at just below 30 percent capacity; the other two reservoirs are only about 5 percent and 2 percent full. The district also pumps some groundwater from Ward County, west of Odessa, but expanding production would require building a pipeline that would cost $75 million to $100 million and that engineers say would take 30 months (Grant thinks it could be done faster).

Why do they hate Kapitalism?