To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk

Reporting Highlights

Preventing Water Pollution: Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells to protect against pollution. Regulators have let companies do it anyway.

Ignoring Its Own Rules: The Frontier and ProPublica identified at least 114 injection wells in Oklahoma that are located within a half-mile of a public water supply well despite the state rule.

Taking on the Oil Industry: Officials in Enid are pushing back against one of the state’s biggest industries and asking for added protections from oil field wastewater injection.

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.