Oil & Gas Lobbyists propose to remove Groundwater protections in favor of Oilfield Wastewater pits in Western Kern County, CA

Midway-Sunset Oil Field - Oil Wells and Storage Tanks, Antandrus; CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
 

California oil lobby seeks to strip environmental protections for groundwater amid drought (Aaron CANTU, Capitol & Main; July 13, 2021)


Oilfield disposal site in Western Kern to close (John COX, Bakersfield Californian;  June 13, 2021)

Hundreds of illicit oil wastewater pits found in Kern County (Julie KART, Los Angeles Times; February 26, 2015)


Selected Research Articles:


Relative risk of groundwater quality degradation near California (USA) oil fields estimated from 3H, 14C, and 4He (MCMAHON et al., 2021)

Regional patterns in the geochemistry of Oilfield water, southern San Joaquin Valley, California USA (MCMAHON et al., 2018)

An analysis of chemicals and other constituents found in produced water from hydraulically fractured wells in California and the challenges for wastewater management (CHITTICK and SREBOTNJAK, 2017)

Website:


Produced Waters Database
(USGS Oil and Gas Waters Project)

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