City View Road Groundwater Plume
This Groundwater Plume in Midland, Midland County is in the Remedial Selection Phase.
Site Summary
The City View Road Groundwater Plume site (the site) is located approximately two miles east of downtown Midland, Texas, northeast of the Cloverdale Road (Farm-to-Market 307) and South Fairgrounds Road (Rd) intersection. The site is a 107-acre groundwater plume with tetrachloroethylene (PCE) contamination from an unknown source. The site surface mainly has oil field-related service companies. A smaller portion includes vacant land, residential properties, small businesses, and light industrial companies.
In 2003, a local pipeline company (company) investigated a crude oil release from a pipeline in the area. The company detected PCE in domestic water wells and monitoring wells near the Cloverdale Rd and South Fairgrounds Rd intersection. The company reported its findings to the TCEQ.
TCEQ performed an investigation, which included a water well survey and groundwater sampling of domestic water wells in the area of the identified PCE plume.
TCEQ’s findings detected PCE in 24 domestic water wells above safe levels protective of human health and the environment.
Superfund Registry and Remediation Activities
TCEQ proposed the site to the state Superfund registry in April 2005. In October 2008, the City of Midland and TCEQ extended municipal water pipelines as part of a removal action to provide area residents with access to the municipal water supply. Following the installation of the municipal water line and eventual plugging and abandonment of the associated domestic wells, the groundwater elevation and flow direction returned to natural conditions and were able to stabilize. The plume depiction then shifted to the north of Cloverdale Road.
Current Status
TCEQ completed the remedial investigation and finalized the Affected Property Assessment Report in August 2024. TCEQ then conducted a feasibility study to develop and analyze potential remedial action alternatives.
In November 2025, TCEQ issued a Proposed Remedial Action Document (PRAD). The PRAD presents the proposed remedial action alternative (remedy) and describes the evaluation process used to select the proposed remedy.
TCEQ will receive comments on the proposed remedy for this site, at a public meeting scheduled at 6:30 p.m., on January 15, 2026, at the Midland College Scharbauer Student Center, in the Carrasco Room, located at 3600 N. Garfield Street, Midland, Texas. TCEQ published the meeting notice in the Texas Register ( 50 TexReg 7934 ), and the Midland Reporter-Telegram newspaper, on December 5, 2025.