Lake Boehmer

In the 1940s or 1950s, oil wells were drilled near Imperial, Texas.^[1] None of them produced oil, but water and the oil companies deeded them to landowners who used them to irrigate farms, but they have fallen into disuse.^[3]

The lake is named after former landowner Bernard Boehmer.^[1][2] The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation have tried to contact him via a registered letter to an address in Missouri, but it is not known if it reached him or if he replied.^[1] The ownership of the lake wells is unclear.^[1] There is also controversy as to where responsibility lies for cleanup and remediation.

Houston Chronicle: Take the money and plug|https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Take-the-money-and-plug-Texas-can-t-17709076.php