The Texas Railroad Commission spent an eye-popping $6.95 million to plug a Ward County well bursting with toxic water in September 2024.
It was a price tag so hefty — roughly 230 times the amount needed to plug the average well — that it became a symbol of the financial pressure facing the commission as it struggles to contain decades-old leaking wells.
Now, the commission is trying to recoup those funds from a prominent Houston wastewater disposal operator it says was responsible for the blowout. WaterBridge, which went public last year in a high-profile initial offering, denies it was to blame and aims to dispute the findings in a hearing…