Videos About Class V Wells

To see a larger image of the video cover, click on the graphic to the left.  If you would like to have a free copy of the video, please email Douglas Minter (minter.douglas@epa.gov) to request it, or call the EPA Denver office at (800) 227-8917 (from one of the Region 8 states - CO, MT, ND, SD, WY), or the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791 (from any place else in the country).  Please indicate that you want the video Shallow Disposal Systems Are Everyone's Business, USEPA Publication #EPA 908-V-98-001.  Please make sure to provide your address.

Shallow Disposal Systems are Everyone's Business

A new video has been created to assist Class V well operators solve problems caused by Class V well contamination.  The video uses a case history of  contamination from Class V wells to show how a cooperative effort by local governments and the business community was successful in stopping actual and potentials sources of pollution.

In 1989, the town of Missoula, Montana, closed three of its drinking water wells due to chemical contamination from shallow disposal systems.  This 15 minutes video provides an in-depth look at how the business community, working with local government, eliminated its dependence on these systems for commercial wastewater.  By reducing waste and adopting cost-effective alternative disposal methods, businesses were instrumental in saving the community's sole source of drinking water.

The Problem with....Shallow Disposal Systems

Contact Harriet Hubbard at hubbard.harriet@epa.gov to order a copy in English.  The video is also available in  Spanish Click the link to see information about the video in Spanish or you can obtain the video in that language from Mario Salazar at salazar.mario@epa.gov

Shallow disposal systems are an often overlooked source of  dangerous industrial chemicals. There are simple, preventive steps a community can take to reduce this serious threat to its water supply.  In this 15-minute video about Class V injection wells, citizens and local officials in Great Falls, Virginia; Española, New Mexico; and Missoula, Montana, reveal how chemical waste discharged to ground water through shallow disposal systems contaminated their water resources, and how it affected their communities. 

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