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PECOS, Texas — Extreme drought ... or over 450 million gallons, in 2024. District general manager Robin Prewit said the water sales to oil and gas drillers are “a drop in the bucket.” ...

Oil workers pull tubing from an orphan well in a field in Luling on March 27, 2025. (Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune ... an oil and gas division district director at the Railroad Commission.