‘The precipice of an emergency.’ Marietta residents worry drinking water could become contaminated.

‘The precipice of an emergency.’ Marietta residents worry drinking water could become contaminated.

Bob Wilson, an oil producer in Washington County stands in front of one of his injection wells. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal).Washington County residents are raising concerns that injection wells in southeastern Ohio leaking brine waste will eventually pollute Marietta’s drinking water.  Brine waste traveled underground from the Redbird #4 injection well in Marietta to active oil and gas wells about five miles away in 2019 and pre…