AUSTIN, Texas — Leaking water wells are causing problems for some West Texas lakes, and Sen. César J. Blanco is working to provide relief through House Bill 4256.

ABC News correspondent Kayna Whitworth approaches the source of Lake Boehmer, a leaking abandoned well that has formed a 60 acre toxic body of water in West Texas. Just a few miles from Briggs ...

Recent accidents in Tamil Nadu have raised concerns about unfenced quarries, wells, and dangerous road stretches.

There are more than 20,000 abandoned oil and gas wells scattered across West Virginia, putting communities at risk for water ...

In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the surface. But the real danger lies underground — where oil ...

SANTA CLARA — It’s been nearly seven years since water began accumulating in the crawlspace of Doug Ridley and Sherry Shen’s condo — an alarming discovery that led to the uncovering of an ...

OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - You could be living on top of a danger in South Carolina and not even realize it - something some Upstate families have learned the hard way. Abandoned water ...

Schuyler Wight has noticed a growing number of abandoned oil wells coming back to life, gurgling fluids on the surface of his West Texas ranch. Last week he found the biggest one yet. Gassy water ...

But on the ground, they can erupt like geysers, leak methane, and threaten water ... Older wells — especially those drilled before the 1950s — are more likely to have been abandoned and ...

With more than 21,000 abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells throughout West Virginia, state officials – concerned both ...