ARTICLES BY SARA JEROME

• Trump May Relax Clean Water Rules

  10/31/2018

  The Trump administration may relax the rules preventing the oil and gas industry from discharging wastewater into rivers and streams.

• Cali Treatment Plant Tries On AI

  6/21/2018

  A wastewater treatment plant in Wasco, CA, is making use of artificial intelligence in water treatment.

• Trump Admin Pulls Back Obama Water-Quality Rule For Fracking

  7/28/2017

  The Trump administration is working to peel back an Obama-era fracking regulation designed to protect water quality.

• North Pole Water System Expanded After Sulfolane Spill

  2/13/2017

  The city of North Pole, AK, has plans to expand its water system to cover residents affected by a major sulfolane spill at a former refinery.

• EPA Reverses Stance On Fracking's Threat To Water

  12/19/2016

  The U.S. EPA has reversed course in its view of the effects of fracking on drinking water after initially indicating that the controversial energy industry practice does not pose a threat.

• Fracking's Threat To Water Downplayed In EPA Report

  12/7/2016

  An influential government study on the impact of fracking on drinking water may have downplayed the risk this practice plays to water supplies across the country.

• Amish Wade Into Fracking Wastewater Fight

  11/8/2016

  An Amish community in Pennsylvania has waded into an advocacy battle over wastewater.

• Water Contamination Fears Spark Bernie Sanders Pipeline Protest

  9/16/2016

  Bernie Sanders teamed up with members of Native American tribes this week to protest a proposed oil pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois that opponents see as a threat to drinking water quality.

• Oil Train Crash Left Benzene Contamination In Groundwater

  8/15/2016

  A town in Oregon is still reeling from a train derailment two months ago, discovering the crash leaked oil into the groundwater supply.

• Feds Ban Treatment Of Fracking Waste At Public Treatment Plants

  6/23/2016

  Public sewage plants will not treat waste from fracking operations under a new ban imposed by the federal government.

• Water Contaminated By Jet Fuel Waste Sparks Lawsuit

  4/7/2016

  After allegedly dumping jet fuel into an Oklahoma water source, the oil giant Halliburton is one step closer to resolving legal complaints filed by local property owners who say they were exposed to contaminated water for four decades.

• New Tech Uses Acoustic Waves To Treat Produced Water

  3/28/2016

  A Massachusetts firm says it has discovered an efficient way to treat produced water using acoustics.

• Experts Cast Doubt On EPA Fracking Investigation

  1/28/2016

  Government analysts say the U.S. EPA’s investigation into the effects of fracking on drinking water may lack scientific credibility.

• Facing Drought, Farmers Turn To Produced Water

  1/20/2016

  Would you eat a salad that was grown using oilfield wastewater? Scientists are studying the possible consequences of doing just that.

• Oil Wastewater Ponds Under Scrutiny

  11/25/2015

  Regulators in California are looking for a way to crack down on wastewater ponds formed during oil production.