California's Failure to Study Oil Wastewater Injection Impacts on Freshwater Aquifers

Suit:  California failed to study oil well impact on water
(Brian MELLEY, Associated Press; August 3, 2016)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/0cb7cbb4362f4d0aa1c92a5548656dfa/environmentalists-sue-state-over-ok-oils-wells-aquifer

Lawsuit Seeks to Halt Illegal Dumping of Toxic Oil Waste into California's Imperiled Water Supplies
(EarthJustice.org; May 7, 2015)
http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2015/lawsuit-seeks-to-halt-illegal-dumping-of-toxic-oil-waste-into-california-s-imperiled-water-supplies


Interactive Map:  Oil Industry Dumping Toxic Waste into California's Underground Water
(The Center for Biological Diversity; biological diversity.org)
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/publications/maps/highlighted_maps/enhanced_oil_recovery_wells.html


N. B.:  To learn more about this and surrounding issues, please refer to "Blog Archives" for the selected (of many) former blog posts shown below:

Underground Injection:  Enhanced Oil Recovery and Disposal by Injection    
February 9, 2015

An important bit of information... "Acidization"
May 29, 2013





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