EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the sixth in a series of stories reflecting on 20 years of gas drilling in Southwestern Pennsylvania. To understand why wastewater impoundments and injection wells have been a key component of natural gas drilling in the 20 years since the first drilling rig was ...

A newly strengthened, amended ordinance for injection wells in Fayette County was officially adopted last week. The ordinance further limits where the wells, which dispose of fracking fluids from oil and gas production underground, can be placed. Among the changes is a requirement that the ...