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Injection Wells Threaten Ohio Groundwater | Parkersburg News
A group of Ohio environmental activists is sounding the alarm over injection wells in Washington County, claiming wastewater from the Redbird 4 well is still migrating into nearby production wells — years after state officials first acknowledged the problem. Despite ODNR’s 2020 conclusion that natural fissures were to blame and the well’s shutdown in 2019, pressure levels in surrounding wells continue to climb. Activists argue the state’s own findings prove injected fluids can escape containment, and they’re calling for a full investigation and immediate halt to injection operations — warning…
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