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At the Fresh Water Accountability Project (FWAP), we take interest in issues threatening our freshwater resources. The issues include, but are not limited to, drilling operations, frack waste transportation, oil and gas pipelines, landfills (old, new, and proposed), and more. We cannot drink money. It is critical that we protect our freshwater resources for future generations.
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ODNR Records Request Response: Toxic Facilities With Chief’s Orders
The below records are from ODNR in response to our public request for records of the toxic waste facilities given "Chief's Orders" to operate. ODNR Chief's Order Summary Letters Facility Chief's Order Summaries letters HTP Unlimited 2014 182 ATP...
Proposed Pipelines Raise Significant Concerns
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2015 (Grand Rapids, OH) Planned large pipeline installations for Northwest Ohio are causing concern for many people, especially those who are targeted to have them installed near their residence. An additional concern that...
Oil & Gas Corporation Opposes Public Input to Pipeline Permitting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Grand Rapids, OH) When FreshWater Accountability Project (FWAP) petitioned to intervene in the reversal of the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) in Southeast Ohio to carry fracked gas South and West to markets rather than its original route to the...
Ohio Pipeline Opponents Warn FERC About Illegal Land Condemnation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Grand Rapids, OH) Five Ohio grassroots and environmental organizations warned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today that pipeline companies may be violating federal law in their dealings with property owners along the routes of...
Gov. Kasich & ODNR Face Radioactive Fracking Waste Lawsuit
For Immediate Release November 19, 2014 Lawsuit Filed Against Governor Kasich and ODNR Over Radioactive Fracking Waste Columbus, OH – Today, a lawsuit was filed in Franklin County court against Governor Kasich and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’...
Shale Drilling Destroys Regional Water Resources
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Projections Show Entire Watershed to be Damaged by Fracking (Grand Rapids, OH - September 26, 2014) Ohioans are beginning to realize that unconventional shale drilling uses a great deal of water, permanently ruining it for other uses. But...
Information Meeting Sponsored by FWAP so Property Owners Can Protect Themselves
Dear Tappan and Seneca Lake Neighbors and Friends, By now you have probably heard that yet another reservoir in the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) will be leased for fracking. Tappan Lake is next on the chopping block as the MWCD continues to plunder...
ODNR Records Request Results – Enviro Tank Clean Explosion – Belpre, Ohio
ODNR’s response to our records request regarding the explosion at Enviro Clean in Belpre, Ohio
Behind the Rhetoric of the Toledo Water Crisis
After over 400,000 people were without safe drinking water for over two days in one of Ohio’s largest cities, did anyone feel any better after Governor Kasich’s statement during his obligatory visit to Toledo: “What’s more important than water? Water’s about life.”...
FWAP Makes Appeal to Ohio Governor for Intervention
Dear Governor Kasich: FreshWater Accountability Ohio is a small grassroots organization, and you have heard from us before. We are writing once again to urgently request your attention and intervention to protect Ohioans from environmental harm and adverse public...
The Floating Catastrophe
Fresh Water Accountability Project Joins Food & Water Watch, along with many others, to oppose the barging of frackwaste on the Ohio River Note: Original blog post from Food & Water Watch. The public comment period on this has already ended. By Sydney Baldwin...
Federal Intervention into Ohio’s Failure to Comply with Regulation Demanded
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Toledo, OH) Last Friday, July 11, a certified letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (-- USEPA) was sent outlining Ohio’s insufficient regulation of radioactive oil and gas waste and the imminent harm Ohio residents will...