EPA says creek contamination focused on 3 injection wells
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April 23, 2017
PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it has narrowed the source of salt contamination in an Osage County creek to three nearby oil and natural gas injection wells.
The Tulsa World reports (http://bit.ly/2pPrcnr ) the contamination was first reported in August 2016 when an oily sheen appeared on North Bird Creek on the Chapman Ranch in Osage County, a few miles from the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.
The contaminated water would be deadly to cattle and horses. Ranch operators moved livestock about two miles away from the stream. Hundreds more were sold.
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