Impact in North Dakota

How salt contamination is affecting North Dakota.

Old oil fields

• 33 years of unlined pits, 250 tons per pit
• 30 years of lined pits, many split or torn
• Ground Water pollution

New oil fields

• Pipeline breaks
  • Haste
  • Failure to weld
  • Failure to gauge
  • Failure to monitor
• Illegal dumping
  • Leaking in back country
• Fires at oil & gas separation facilities
  • Haste
  • Inadequate training
• Ground Water pollution