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Oil and gas wastewater spills in the Piceance Basin topped 700K gallons last year

RBC | About twice a week, oil and gas operators in Colorado’s Piceance Basin file “Form 19” also called a Spill/Release Report with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC). Nine times out of 10, the spilled substance is a form of hazardous waste byproduct called produced water.

For oil and gas industry advocates on Colorado’s Western Slope, its well known that business just ain’t what it used to be.

“Just the…