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Oil Industry Wastewater Injection Has Overpressurized Aquifers For Decades, Threatening California Drinking Water

A new report from the Washington, D.C-based Environmental Action Center (EAC) on California’s underground injection program finds that oil industry wells in the state have been overpressurizing some aquifers for decades, risking the contamination of neighboring aquifers that might contain drinkable water. Despite full awareness of the problem, state regulators have done little to stop them.

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Oilfield wastewater injection
wastewater injection
underground injection program
DOGGR
Division of Oil Gas and Geothermal Resources
california
oil
fossil fuels
aquifers
drinking water
water


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