Leaking Ohio injection wells spark fears radioactive brine will reach drinking water

Leaking Ohio injection wells spark fears radioactive brine will reach drinking water

After fracking waste from one disposal well was found to have moved underground for miles, residents in southeastern Ohio say the leak signals a threat to Marietta's drinking water. The fears now center on radioactive wastewater from oil and gas operations and whether it might reach aquifers beneath the Muskingum River Valley. What happened? After wastewater from the Redbird #4 injection well near Marietta traveled five miles underground into ac…