[h=1]Extreme contamination in Bird Creek tributary an ongoing mystery[/h] Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 12:00 am By Kelly Bostian Tulsa World |
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Dead fish and turtles, a creek with 100-degree water twice as salty as seawater, and a public water supply scare for the city of Pawhuska ? and nearly five months later, answers are yet to come.
The Environmental Protection Agency continues to look for a pollution source on North Bird Creek in Osage County that was first reported on the Chapman Ranch on Aug. 14.
Investigators are looking closely at nearby oilfield underground injection control wells as a possible source.
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Documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act and Open Records Act requests filed with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the EPA by Bigheart Times publisher Louise Red Corn indicate tests are ongoing, with particular interest in old oilfield wastewater injection wells, but offer no definitive word on the source of contamination or what will be done to remedy the situation.
The Times has been reporting on the situation the past several months. Attempts by the Tulsa World to reach EPA representatives the past week were unsuccessful...
