class II wells

Buckeye Environmental Network started organizing around injection wells and toxic brine migration in Washington County about a year and a half ago. Last week, that work paid off. The Problem Class II injection wells are used to dispose of liquid waste from oil and gas production. This waste, often called “brine,” comes up from fracked

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COLUMBUS, OH, JULY 10, 2026 On Friday morning, Buckeye Environmental Network learned from a member of the news media that ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management has finally intervened in the injection well crisis brewing in Washington County, Ohio.  A statement by Andy Chow, Chief of Communications at the division,