Alba is a town majorly in Wood County, Texas. A small portion of the town falls in Rains County. It has a total area of 1.1 square miles, all of which is land.

Construction, manufacturing and mining are the major contributors to the local economy. Public education comprises one elementary and one high school. The closest hospital is the East Texas Medical Center Quitman, located about 12 miles away, in Quitman. The cost of living here is 15.00% higher than the country average.

This place gets about 45 inches of rain annually. The number of days with measurable precipitation is 90.

What is Fracking really about?

Hydraulic fracturing, sometimes called fracking has been an important of the development of America’s natural gas and oil resources for at least 60 years. in the U.S. approximately 35,000 wells are processed with the hydraulic fracturing method. All wells are a little bit different, and there are different lessons with each to develop the best possible practices to minimize the..