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The Equus Beds Aquifer is a distinct part the High Plains Aquifer System [1] and is a principal municipal aquifer in south-central Kansas, [2] underlying Hutchinson, McPherson, Newton, and Wichita. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
The Legislature loosened pumping regulations and continued to over-distribute water rights. “Ever since 1975 every well that was drilled out here was approved in Topeka, Kansas,” Peterson said ...
Before the petroleum main could be shut down, some 60,000 gal of kerosene had spilled into the contiguous swampy area and flowed into the river water, forcing extra treatment by the water Department. [122] December 25 – A fire broke out at a crude oil pipeline storage tank, at a terminal, in Lima, Ohio. Nearby residents were evacuated for a ...
Cherokee County: Cherokee: The Cherokee County Superfund site is the Kansas portion of the Tri-State district. Acidic waters in mine shafts throughout the site, chat piles, tailings impoundments, surface waters in the mine pits, and streams draining the site contain significant concentrations of lead, zinc, and cadmium. [20] [21] 12/30/1982: 09 ...
Ohio City is a ghost town in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. [citation needed] Ohio City was issued a post office in 1857 but was discontinued and moved to Princeton in 1870. [1] The town was 1 mile north and 1 mile east of where Princeton is currently located. In 1866, the town burnt to the ground, but everyone rebuilt it.
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In 2008, the well was named one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas. Although it is billed as the world's largest hand-dug well, at 109 feet (33 m) deep and 32 feet (9.8 m) in diameter, [ 6 ] the Well of Joseph in the Cairo Citadel at 280 feet (85 m) deep and the Pozzo di San Patrizio (St. Patrick's Well) built in 1527 in Orvieto, Italy , at 61 metres ...
A long-idled oil well in January 2021 in Noble County owned by Genesis Resources sprayed brine, a toxic byproduct of fracking, that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources would later determine ...