How Ohio Polices the Waste Water from Oil and Gas Drilling
Friday, March 1, 2013 at 6:31 PM
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A federal grand jury last week indicted the owner of a Youngstown company for illegally dumping thousands of gallons of waste water from oil and gas drilling. That case got us wondering how the state keeps track of all that fluid left over from the drilling process. Ideastream’s Michelle Kanu has been reporting extensively on the oil and gas industry. She spoke with Bill Rice about how the state keeps tabs on the drilling waste water.
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