Tanker trucks bring salt water from natural gas wells to injection well. The water could be recycled, but it is cheaper to bring it to a disposal well that pumps it even deeper into the ground. With recent earthquakes many blame the disposal wells.

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Water disposal well in the Barnett Shale field west of Ft Worth, Texas

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Location: Tarrant County, Texas USA
Photo credit: © J. G. Domke / Alamy / Afripics
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