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September 17, 2024

Innovative project to identify orphan, abandoned wells; open house Thursday in Smethport

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State Department of Environmental Protection records have documented approximately 30,000 orphan or abandoned wells in Pennsylvania. But, by most estimates, Pennsylvania is home to as many as 800,000 of the

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