Barnesville Reservoir Back Online Following Wastewater Accident

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barnesville ohioThis is somewhat old news, but still news for MDN as we're just learning about it. You may recall back in March MDN reported on a truck crash that resulted in a spill of 5,000 or so gallons of frack wastewater from Utica drilling, some of which ended up in the Barnesville Reservoir #1 (see Truck Crash Spills 5000 Gal. of Brine into OH Reservoir). The wastewater was thought to have very low levels of radiation, so out of a superabundance of caution, Barnesville (in Belmont County) immediately turned off the spigot from Reservoir #1, which isn't a problem because the town has two other reservoirs from which to draw water. In May, after two months of testing, the village turned the spigot back on...

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