The Failure of Waste Injection Wells Nationwide

Illustration of a deep injection well for disposal of hazardous, industrial and municipal wastewater. Categorized as a "Class I Well" under the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act. photo: Wikimedia Commons

Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us by Abrahm Lustgarten for ProPublica Over the past several decades, U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation’s geology as [...]