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Ohio Injection Well Temporarily Closed
January 4, 2012 | The Columbus Dispatch

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has temporarily shut down a waste injection well that is suspected to have triggered earthquakes. The state has nearly 200 other injection wells that have not been associated with seismic activity.


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