Our Drinking Water

Marietta TimesJanuary 21, 2026Amber Phipps Washington County for Safe Drinking Water announced the filing of an ethics complaint against state Sen. Brian Chavez on Tuesday. A press release from the organization said the complaint letter was sent to the JLEC (Joint Legislative Ethics Committee). Legislative Inspector General Tony Bledsoe said Ohio Revised Code 102.06 and…

By Editorial Board, cleveland.com, and The Plain DealerDecember 10th, 2025 Ohio has become a state of easy virtue for readily allowing “fracking waste” – the hazardous byproducts of the high-pressure slurries injected to extract oil and natural gas from shale far below Earth’s surface – to be pumped so compliantly into Ohio land. Much of…

Marietta TimesGwen SourDecember 17th, 2025 Public meeting held in regard to injection wells Washington County for Safe Drinking Water hosted a public forum Tuesday evening at Washington State College of Ohio focused on oil-and-gas wastewater injection wells and their proximity to local drinking water sources in Washington County. The event brought together scientists, journalists, environmental…