[criddell]

Sure, but if you look at it purely from the numbers, the situation in ND isn't terribly alarming.

Look at this map:

https://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publica...

Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana must have no drinking water by now, right?

The protest has garnered the support that it has mostly because it's a Native American community (and I for one do support them - they've been screwed over too many times in the past).