An inside look at Plum’s controversial fracking wastewater injection well

The wastewater injection site in Plum run by Penneco Environmental Solutions has been the subject of nearly a decade of legal battles and community backlash as the company has sought to expand its operations along Old Leechburg Road.

Since 2017, the borough and Penneco have been at odds, as the company first constructed one injection well at its facility after years of litigation and soon applied to build a second.

The oil company took its latest step in the conflict just over a week ago, when it filed an appeal in Allegheny County court to Plum Zoning Hearing Board’s rejection of a variance for that second well…

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