Feds: EPA fails to protect water from oilfield contamination

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2015 file photo, a farm worker ties almond tree branches with strings as a pumpjack operates near the orchard in Shafter, Calif. A federal review says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect drinking water reserves from oilfield contamination. The U.S. Government Accountability Office review follows disclosures that California allowed oil companies to dump wastewater into some federally protected supplies of drinking-water. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)