Ohio research may cut risks of fracked well waste spills

Energy News Network: On a warm day, Tappan Lake in eastern Ohio attracts boaters, water skiers, and others seeking to enjoy the water and scenery.

It’s not just tourists who drive past on the seven-mile shoreline stretch of U.S. Highway 250. The road is also a main route for tanker trucks carrying contaminated fluids from fracked wells in the region.

Thankfully, there hasn’t been a spill from those trucks along the lake’s shores, but such accidents have happened elsewhere and the risk is real.

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