OHIO EPA: Waste injected underground at Waste Management of Ohio is moving but no threat to water

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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 June 1998-OHIO EPA: Waste injected underground at Waste Management of Ohio is moving but no threat to water (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:250698 Review of data associated with the permitted underground injection of waste at Waste Management of Ohio, Inc. has revealed movement of the waste but data do not indicate a threat to any underground source of drinking water.

The facility is located at 3956 State Route 412 in Vickery. The waste is injected into the Mount Simon sandstone which is about 2,800 below ground. The upper limit of waste movement appears to be at about 2,500 feet below ground, and below rock units that serve as a barrier to further upward waste movement. The lowermost source of drinking water is about 500 feet underground...