On October 20, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received a report from the National Response Center of a produced water spill on the Southern Ute Reservation from a pipeline owned and operated by Samson Resources. Samson Resources reported a discharge of approximately 100 barrels of produced water as a result of a corroded pipeline. Approximately 15 barrels of the spilled produced water went into Beaver Creek in the Southern Ute Reservation. Copies of photos provided to the EPA by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe Environmental Programs Division, suggest discharges of pollutants into the Beaver Creek may have occurred in connection with the spill resulting from the corrosion of a pipeline.