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Contaminated Water Research

Articles

Metal Contamination

Texas Prison Objects To Ruling That It Must Provide Arsenic-Free Water To Prisoners Amidst Deadly Heat

Texas: Complaint Filed Over Contaminated Water, Conditions at Eastham Unit

Well Water Contaminated With Arsenic at TDCJ's Wallace Pack Unit

Contaminated Water Causes Cancer in Texas Prisons; Officials Ignore Complaints and Avoid Clean-up

Prison officials, ACA inspectors ignore contaminated water in Texas prisons

Inmates Forced To Drink Arsenic-Laden Water Win Lawsuit

America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration

Federal Judge Orders Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Provide Safe Water to Prisoners

‘Cruel and Unusual’: Texas Prisoners Face Deadly Heat and Contaminated Water

Is Texas Poisoning Prisoners with Contaminated Water?

Bacterial Contamination

Dispatch From a Texas Prison

Garza v. Davis - Civil Rights Lawsuit

Green v. Dir., TDCJ-CID

Eastham Prisoners Sue Over Deadly Heat and Contaminated Water in Texas

Eastham Water Supply Shut Completely OFF, Stench of Human Waste Pervades Old, Decaying Prison

Legionella Bacteria Discovered in HVAC System at Brazos County Jail

Prison Officials, ACA Inspectors Ignore Contaminated Water in Texas Prisons

Texas Eastham Unit Water Supply Shut Completely Off

Other Resources

TDCJ Unit Directory

TDCJ Facility Operation List

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Water System List

EPA-What Climate Change Means for Texas

Center for Disease Control & Prevention

Environmental Protection Agency Water Topics

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