One million gallons of saltwater and an unknown quantity of crude oil have leaked from a North Dakota pipeline into a creek that feeds the Missouri River.
The spill was on Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation land approximately 15 miles north of Williston, North Dakota. The leak comes from a saltwater collection line owned by Summit Midstream Partners LP. The saltwater is a byproduct of the hydraulic fracturing process.
The Saltwater is usually filtered and re-injected back into the earth after the oil is extracted.
Williston is considered a center of the oil boom in the state of North Dakota.
Chairman Tex Hall said that the spill has been isolated and contained. A quantity of 1 million gallons of the liquid entered Bear Den Bay, which leads into Lake Sakakawea, a source of drinking water on the reservation.
This is precisely why Native Americans have been protesting #NoDAPL (Dakota Access Pipeline).
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