DEP: 336,000 Gallons of Frack Water Spilled at INR Indiana Co. Pad

We finally have a number. Two weeks after a casing failure sent frack water gushing across the Infinity Natural Resources (NYSE: INR) Cooper well pad in Young Township, Indiana County, PA, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has put an estimate on it: 336,000 gallons of frack flowback water released during the incident. An "undetermined amount" of that reached Whiskey Run, the small stream below the pad. Here's what that number actually means — and what it still doesn't tell us.

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