Our Drinking Water

Farm & DairyBy Liz PartschJuly 23, 2025 MARIETTA, Ohio — Bob Lane drives through the steep hills of Athens County, pointing to access roads where his gas wells are. These conventional wells and others nearby have been producing gas for him and other property owners for decades. But today, these wells are no longer producing…

By Justin NobelJanuary 21, 2020 Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America In 2014, a muscular, middle-aged Ohio man named Peter took a job trucking waste for the oil-and-gas industry.  The hours were long — he was…

WCHSBob AaronJune 30th 2025 WOOD COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — So-called forever chemicals are continuing to raise concerns about the safety of drinking water in the region. The wells serving the 12,000 customers of the Little Hocking Water Association have more forever chemicals than any other municipal water system. About 1,300 feet across the Ohio River from…