Our Drinking Water
ODNR permits injection well despite Marietta council opposition
Farm and DairyBy Liz PartschSeptember 3, 2025 The Ohio Department of Natural Resources approved a new Class II injection well on Aug. 28 despite objections from the Marietta City Council. The Stephan #1 injection well will be the fifth Class II injection well within two miles of Marietta’s public water supply, which serves tens of…
Read MoreMarietta OH officials ask ODNR oil and gas chief to deny permit for new injection well
WTAP.comBy Chase CampbellAugust 25, 2025 MARIETTA, Ohio (WTAP) – Marietta city leaders are fighting a proposed injection well that would dispose of fracking waste less than two miles from the city’s drinking water supply. An August 8 letter signed by Marietta officials including the city’s mayor, law director, water superintendent, and a majority of city council…
Read MoreOhio senator’s fracking waste business is ‘dangerous’ for drinking water, Marietta council president says
Signal OhioAugust 14, 2025 Public Safety The city is fighting a fifth fracking waste injection well planned near its drinking water source. Marietta’s council president clashed with her state senator, whose former business, which has a history of engineering failures, is seeking the permit. It was supposed to be a sleepy, county-level Republican meeting where…
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