Our Drinking Water?
To date, April 24th, Washington County, Ohio, has 18 Brine Water Injection Wells!
Deep Rock Disposal Solutions has applied for an additional permit to drill a new injection well located here in Washington County. The plan is to bring additional brine to this new well location by barge and rail cars!
The question is ... what is in the "brine water" and where is it heading?
Oil and Gas Injection Well Issues in the Mid-Ohio Valley
Presented January 8th, 2024
Washington County Ohio MOVCAC Meeting
Oil company claims fracking waste has ruined parts of the region for oil and gas extraction
ATHENS: July 3, 2024 — When a state agency last year ordered an operator of injection wells for fracking waste to stop injecting into its wells in the Coolville area, the reason cited was that toxic waste fluids were apparently “migrating” from the injection wells and showing up in oil and gas production wells up to a mile or more away.
West Virginia Reports
Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater
Advocates for both sides say public drinking water may be tainted by underground leaks of “produced water.”
By Jon Hurdle / May 14, 2023
What’s in Your Drinking Water?
Everything you need to know in order to fill a glass from your tap with confidence.