By Chloe Bennett-Steele | StateImpact Oklahoma

Published October 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM CDT

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is using emergency funds to help remediate the site at Five Mile Creek. A trench and pit were dug to collect the fluid and divert it away from water bodies.

Wildlife and a number of cattle were reported to have died on private property near Colony and Eakly after the contamination, according to a document filed with the OCC in mid-September.

A letter from Gov. Kevin Stitt, issued in response to the pollution, authorized the agency to use emergency funds to remediate the site. Tanker trucks are hauling away the diverted fluid to avoid other water contamination.

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