Ohio prompts closure of 4 fracking waste wells as fears mount over water supply contamination

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio regulators spurred four Washington County injection wells that receive fracking waste to stop ...

‘Out of sight, out of mind’ was always a fantasy: Ohio’s fracking waste crisis is here

Millions of gallons of radioactive fracking brine pumped underground at high pressure are migrating toward drinking water ...
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Marietta residents worry drinking water could become contaminated

Residents in Washington County, Ohio, are concerned that leaking injection wells will contaminate Marietta's drinking water. Brine waste from a Redbird injection well has already traveled miles ...
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Marietta residents worry drinking water could become contaminated

Residents fear leaking radioactive brine waste from Ohio injection wells may soon contaminate Marietta's drinking water.

To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk

Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...
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[Free Tool] Simplify Hydraulic Fracturing Design Calculations

When you hear "hydraulic fracturing," you might imagine splitting rock with some immense pressure. It is indeed a technology used in shale gas extraction, geothermal development, or planned fracturing ...
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‘The precipice of an emergency.’ Marietta residents worry drinking water could become contaminated.

Washington County residents are raising concerns that injection wells in southeastern Ohio leaking brine waste will eventually pollute Marietta’s drinking water. Brine waste traveled underground from ...
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‘The precipice of an emergency.’ Marietta residents worry drinking water could become contaminated.

ODNR has confirmed brine waste migration from seven Washington County injection wells since 2019, prompting four owners to voluntarily halt operations this July. Bob Wilson, an oil producer in ...