The EPA started a study of contaminated domestic water and its relationship to gas drilling in Wyoming. I hope information like this will have a cautionary effect on policy makers and landowers here in the Finger Lakes. Here's the article, posted today at "nywellwatch-forum:"
----- Original Message ----- From: burns To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:04 AM Subject: [nywellwatch-FORUM] EPA may be documenting link between drilling & contamination... http://www.propublica.org/feature/epa-chemicals-found-in-wyo.-drinking-water-might-be-from-fracking-825 It is a long article but important because the EPA has started a study in Wyoming of contaminated domestic water. This is an area that has both: horizontal frack drilling for gas and deep well storage of waste fluids. As the results are unfolding it will be important to note where the contamination came from. Is it migrating from the waste storage wells, did it come from the drilling phase, and or the gas production phase? I would like to know the source because that will help NYS shape policy & Landowners author safer leases. For example if the culprit is waste stored in deep wells- don't allow that type of waste handling. Some of the EPA’s most cautious scientists are beginning to agree. "It starts to finger-point stronger and stronger to the source being somehow related to the gas development, including, but not necessarily conclusively, hydraulic fracturing itself," said Nathan Wiser, an EPA scientist and hydraulic fracturing expert who oversees enforcement for the underground injection control program under the Safe Drinking Water Act in the Rocky Mountain region. The investigation "could certainly have a focusing effect on a lot of folks in the Pavillion area as a nexus between hydraulic fracturing and water contamination." There is a compound I first heard about from Dr. Colburn coded 2-BE which is mentioned in this article. This is a really nasty thing for mammals to ingest and it is colorless & orderless. You'd never know it was in your water. Dr. Colburn urges 2-BE should be a totally banned substance in the USA and globally. There is some strong language at the end. Wyoming residents are extremely angry about this whole deal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to New York Well Watch Forum. This list is for sharing information, announcing local meetings, and fostering open discussion about the Marcellus Shale gas drilling in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions. To post a message to the list, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/nywellwatch-forum?hl=en INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GAS DRILLING IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE? Visit http://www.nywellwatch.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
