{"id":26974,"date":"2025-05-14T11:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=26974"},"modified":"2025-05-14T11:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:56:47","slug":"water-quality-control-commission-adopts-rule-banning-discharge-of-oil-gas-wastewater-to-ground-surface-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/water-quality-control-commission-adopts-rule-banning-discharge-of-oil-gas-wastewater-to-ground-surface-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"La Comisi\u00f3n de Control de Calidad del Agua adopta una norma que proh\u00edbe el vertido de aguas residuales de petr\u00f3leo y gas a aguas subterr\u00e1neas y superficiales."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La Comisi\u00f3n de Control de Calidad del Agua de Nuevo M\u00e9xico (WQCC) adopt\u00f3 hoy una norma que proh\u00edbe la descarga de &quot;agua producida&quot; a las aguas subterr\u00e1neas y superficiales de Nuevo M\u00e9xico. El agua producida es un subproducto residual de las operaciones de petr\u00f3leo y gas y contiene cientos de sustancias qu\u00edmicas, conocidas y desconocidas, muchas de las cuales son t\u00f3xicas para la salud humana y el medio ambiente. Despu\u00e9s de que Amigos Bravos y el Sierra Club, representados por el Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, solicitaran a la WQCC que reconsiderara su decisi\u00f3n, esta decidi\u00f3 cerrar una laguna legal introducida en la \u00faltima reuni\u00f3n que habr\u00eda permitido que los &quot;proyectos piloto&quot; descargaran hasta 84,000 galones por d\u00eda de agua producida tratada a las aguas subterr\u00e1neas, lo cual se basaba en una representaci\u00f3n incorrecta del registro. El resultado de la revocaci\u00f3n de la WQCC es una prohibici\u00f3n total de la descarga de agua producida a las aguas subterr\u00e1neas y superficiales hasta que la norma expire dentro de cinco a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>En diciembre de 2023, el Departamento de Medio Ambiente de Nuevo M\u00e9xico (NMED) solicit\u00f3 a la Comisi\u00f3n la adopci\u00f3n de una norma que prohibiera todas las descargas de agua producida a aguas subterr\u00e1neas y superficiales. El NMED bas\u00f3 su petici\u00f3n en la mejor informaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica disponible, que demuestra que el agua producida puede contener cientos de sustancias qu\u00edmicas conocidas y desconocidas, que muchas de estas sustancias son potencialmente perjudiciales para la salud humana y el medio ambiente, y que no existen tecnolog\u00edas a gran escala para tratar eficazmente el agua producida y garantizar su seguridad. El NMED respald\u00f3 su petici\u00f3n con el testimonio de cinco de sus cient\u00edficos expertos en la protecci\u00f3n de las aguas subterr\u00e1neas y superficiales del estado.<\/p>\n<p>Amigos Bravos y Sierra Club, representados por el Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, respaldaron la prohibici\u00f3n con testimonio pericial, demostrando, con base en literatura revisada por pares, que desconocemos todas las sustancias qu\u00edmicas presentes en el agua producida, una mezcla de fluidos de fracturaci\u00f3n hidr\u00e1ulica y agua subterr\u00e1nea para la cual no existe un tratamiento efectivo. Adem\u00e1s, el estado de Nuevo M\u00e9xico no cuenta con est\u00e1ndares de calidad para el agua superficial para al menos 180 sustancias qu\u00edmicas potencialmente t\u00f3xicas presentes en el agua producida.<\/p>\n<p>Si bien la Asociaci\u00f3n de Petr\u00f3leo y Gas de Nuevo M\u00e9xico, el grupo de lobby industrial m\u00e1s poderoso de Nuevo M\u00e9xico, se opuso a la prohibici\u00f3n de vertidos, uno de sus principales expertos testific\u00f3 que el vertido de agua producida tratada a gran escala es prematuro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNos sentimos orgullosos, complacidos y aliviados de que la Comisi\u00f3n de Control de Calidad del Agua haya eliminado la exenci\u00f3n para permitir la descarga, como solicitamos, y haya adoptado una norma que proteger\u00e1 el agua limpia, a los habitantes de Nuevo M\u00e9xico que dependen de ella y a los ecosistemas que se ver\u00edan perjudicados por la introducci\u00f3n de estos residuos de fracturaci\u00f3n hidr\u00e1ulica\u201d, declar\u00f3 Tannis Fox, abogada principal del Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental. \u201cUna vez que un acu\u00edfero se contamina, su limpieza es dif\u00edcil, costosa y, a veces, imposible. La industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas tendr\u00e1 que encontrar otro lugar donde verter sus residuos t\u00f3xicos\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNos complace que la Comisi\u00f3n haya adoptado la prohibici\u00f3n del vertido de aguas residuales de petr\u00f3leo y gas en las aguas subterr\u00e1neas y superficiales de Nuevo M\u00e9xico\u201d, declar\u00f3 Rachel Conn, subdirectora de Amigos Bravos. \u201cNuestros grupos y el Departamento de Medio Ambiente de Nuevo M\u00e9xico elaboraron un amplio informe sobre los da\u00f1os y la toxicidad de estas aguas residuales, y agradecemos a la Comisi\u00f3n por proteger nuestra agua limpia, de la que tenemos tan poca. Esta decisi\u00f3n es sumamente prudente\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>En nombre del Sierra Club, Dale Doremus, exhidroge\u00f3logo estatal, declar\u00f3: \u00abDurante m\u00e1s de 50 a\u00f1os, la Comisi\u00f3n ha basado sus decisiones en la ciencia para garantizar la protecci\u00f3n de nuestras aguas subterr\u00e1neas y superficiales de contaminantes que pueden da\u00f1ar a los seres humanos, as\u00ed como a la vida animal y vegetal. Actualmente, la prohibici\u00f3n del vertido de agua producida, tratada y sin tratar, es lo que la ciencia respalda. Aplaudimos a la Comisi\u00f3n por tomar la decisi\u00f3n correcta con la norma de hoy\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contactos:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tannis Fox, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 505-629-0732, <a href=\"mailto:fox&#64;westernlaw&#46;or&#103;\">fox@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Conn, Amigos Bravos, 575-770-8327, <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;o:&#114;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6e;n&#64;&#97;&#109;&#x69;&#x67;os&#98;&#x72;&#x61;&#x76;o&#115;&#46;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;\">rconn@amigosbravos.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dale Doremus, Cap\u00edtulo Sierra Club R\u00edo Grande, 505-795-5987, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x64;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x65;&#x6d;&#x75;&#x73;&#119;&#97;&#116;&#101;&#114;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;com\">doremuswater@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) today adopted a rule that prohibits the discharge of \u201cproduced water\u201d to New Mexico\u2019s ground and surface waters. 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