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Saltwater Spills Leave North Dakota Farmland Sterile For Years

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North Dakota is in the middle of a historic oil boom, producing over one million barrels of oil each day. And it’s producing a whole lot more of something else: saltwater, a waste product of drilling. The state has strict requirements for getting rid of the waste water. But as more and more wells are drilled, salt water spills have increased dramatically. Prairie Public’s Emily Guerin reports FOR INSIDE ENERGY…