Oil and Gas Operation - Underground Injection Control

Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program:

The Los Angeles Regional Board issued the following Orders to determine if specific injection wells have been potentially injecting fluids produced by oil and gas extraction activities into an aquifer that may not have been properly designated as an exempted aquifer:

 

Additional UIC related project reviews can be found by using the Geotracker database here.

More Information

State Water Board Groundwater Monitoring for Oil and Gas Well Stimulation; and Activities Associated with Underground Injection Control (UIC):
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/groundwater/sb4/index.shtml 
Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring in Areas of Oil and Gas Well Stimulation Fact Sheet: 
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/groundwater/sb4/docs/model_criteria_fact_sheet.pdf 
Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources:
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Pages/Index.aspx

Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources Well Stimulation page:
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Pages/WST.aspx

GeoTracker
http://geotracker.waterboards.ca.gov/

If you have any questions about the State Water Board and the Regional Water Board's roles in protecting California's waters when it comes to oil and gas production, please contact Andrew DiLuccia, Public Information Officer, State Water Resources Control Board, at (916) 324-4775 or andrew.diluccia@waterboards.ca.gov