San Joaquin Facilities Management v. Dept. of Conservation CA5
-ooOoo- A byproduct of oil production is “produced water,” i.e., “groundwater that naturally occurs in oil and gas reservoirs, is brought to the surface with the extracted oil and gas, and is separated from the hydrocarbons after extraction.” (King & Gardiner Farms, LLC v. County of Kern (2020) 45 Cal.App.5th 814, 840.) One method of disposal is to inject the treated wastewater into an underlying aquifer using a water injection well.1
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