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State Officials Move to Regulate Oil Wastewater Wells

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When you think of oil producing states, you think Texas or maybe North Dakota. But California is just behind those states when it comes to producing oil. That industry is coming under scrutiny lately because of the way it disposes of its wastewater. Earlier this week, California ordered oil companies to shut down 12 wells that pumped wastewater from drilling into aquifers that were supposed to be protected.

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