Numbers are in for Ohio as nation’s waste pit 2013

Waste injected in Ohio in 2013:

Total waste injected= 16,354,784 bbls or 686,900,928 gallons

From in-state: 8,076,820 bbls

Out of state: 8,277,964 bbls

Top 10 receiving county’s  bbls (a barrel is 42 gallons):

Trumbull

2,367,037

Portage

1,976,299

Washington

1,582,069

Noble

1,387,789

Coshocton

1,285,069

Guernsey

1,231,762

Athens

699,221

Ashtabula

632,691

Stark

607,698

Muskingum

453,710

As of 3-3-14, Ohio had 234 permitted Class II injection wells with 202 of them active.

source: spreadsheet provided by ODNR through public records request