Drainage district workers in Nueces County, Texas, were doing routine maintenance on a ditch outside Robstown in January 2026 when they noticed something they had not seen before. A pipe they did not recognize, stretched across an easement they oversee, was discharging dark liquid into the ditch they manage. “Very dark and murky,” is how Steve Ray, a consultant for the drainage district, described it to KRIS 6 News. “I would say it was actually black. We’re used to seeing good running water, and...