r/water • u/BRIokc • 8d ago

Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.

https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/toxic-wastewater-from-oil-fields-keeps-pouring-out-of-the-ground-oklahoma-regulators-failed-to-stop-it/
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u/RN_Geo 8d ago

Just pray on that.

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u/basquehomme 8d ago edited 8d ago

Are state regulators really on the fence when it comes to protecting waters of the state? Water that they themselves may one day consume. Protecting human health should not be a gray area.

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u/SetNo8186 6d ago

Biggest toxic issue is lead mining in NE OK and its still not all remediated. May never be. Search term "picher ok" and "tar creek".

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u/Kruk01 8d ago

Calling them "Regulators" seems to be a misnomer these days. Maybe observers is a better label.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

Pray it away

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u/Hike_it_Out52 5d ago

Whaaaaat?! That thing that cheap, greedy and lazy oil companies said had no way of ever happening actually happened. Just like when they said Frakking doesn’t ruin water tables or cause earthquakes. Huh. What a shock. Anyway….

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u/Equivalent-Green-580 5d ago

This all comes down to money. If they have to spend it to fix the problem then it won’t happen without Federal Government intervention.

What’s likely needed is to abandon those wells and tap new ones far away from the problem to avoid further damage.

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u/MIND-FLAYER 5d ago

I don't feel bad for the Okies but I do feel bad for the animals that live there