Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater

Inside Climate News · By Jon Hurdle · last updated May 14, 2023 – 1:09 AM

Advocates for both sides say public drinking water may be tainted by underground leaks of “produced water.”

By Jon Hurdle

Ten years ago, Tim Kettler asked local officials to stop spreading liquid waste from fracking on the road near his home in Warsaw, Ohio, because he was worried that the fluid would contaminate a pond where he gets his drinking water.

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