Water

Contrary to earlier federal reports, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluids were not a factor at shallow depths intersecting groundwater supplies at Pavillion, WY, according to a draft final report from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

Drought-sensitive California oil/gas regulators on Friday issued violation notices to 56 operators in the state for failing to report water data on time.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) ordered seven wastewater disposal wells shut in, and ordered another 66 wells to curtail their disposal volumes by 25-50%, as the regulatory agency “continues its evolving response” to a pair of strong earthquakes that struck the state within the last two weeks.

One day after Republicans in the U.S. Senate failed to muster enough votes to force the Obama administration to rewrite the controversial Clean Water Rule (CWR), lawmakers on Wednesday passed a joint resolution to block the rule from taking effect.

Gulfport Energy Corp. has dropped a lawsuit against a small village in Southeast Ohio, electing to resolve a conflict about its ability to buy water for its drilling operations from a reservoir in the community outside of court.

Following through on new regulations designed to bring the state into compliance with federal Safe Drinking Water Act standards, California oil and natural gas regulators on Thursday permanently closed 33 underground injection wells.

Pittsburgh-based EQT Corp. is again fighting the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) over an order the agency issued last month to restore or replace water that was allegedly contaminated years ago by its drilling operations in Greene County.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a notice of violation to JKLM Energy LLC after nearly 100 gallons of a foaming agent migrated from a well in Potter County last month and jeopardized nearby private water supplies.

A bipartisan bill that would limit liabilities for any Pennsylvania oil and natural gas producer that uses treated coal mine water to drill and stimulate its wells has passed both the state House and Senate by wide margins and has been sent to Gov. Tom Wolf to sign into law.