EPA Warned Of Water Contamination From Hydraulic Fracking Back In 1987

 

This is significant because in alleged cases of water pollution from fracturing, the industry often says that there was a failure of the well casing. The report also said that more than a year after pollution had first shown up in the Parsons water well, the inspector of the gas well found no signs of surface or underground pollution.

 

Five analyzed laboratory test results by the WV Health Department on Parsons well water all conclusively found contaminants that were a "gel" and a "sealant." They reported that the water smelled like hydrocarbons, which is part of the makeup of natural gas. (Hydrocarbon gases) Their report also claimed that his well water was never again fit for human consumption. "No treatment or process will solve their problem of contamination and that a new water source will have to be found to safely supply water"

 

According to a news article in the West Virginia Record by Lawrence Smith in 2010, Dennis and Tamera Hagy of Jackson County filed suit against four oil and gas companies for contaminating their drinking water. They say their water had "a peculiar smell and taste." The parents, as well as their two children, are suffering from neurological symptoms. Also in 2010, Jeremiah Magers of Marshall County reported that "As soon as they 'fracked' those gas wells, that's when my water well started getting gas in it." He also lost all the water in his well.

 

In Wetzel County, Marilyn Hunt reported to the EPA in 2010 that: "frac drilling is contaminating the drinking water here." Residents report health symptoms, such as rashes and mouth sores, as well as illness in their lambs and goats, which they suspect is linked to drinking water contamination.

 

In one of the worst fracking-related findings the toxic algae bloom that wiped out thousands of fish, mussels and other aquatic life in 35 miles of Dunkard creek which flows in Monongahela County WV and Green County Pennsylvania, which is one of the most biologically diverse creeks in both states.

 

West Virginians already know the results of energy extraction techniques from mountaintop removal coal mining. You can see those results everyday while driving throughout WV looking at what's left of the mountains that were once known as being majestic and grand. Now, as the fracking boom makes its way here, residents face a whole new set of problems including this industry pumping the states streams excessively low or dry.

 

Fracking Also Linked To Flammable Water Within Marcellus Shale

 

The controversial use of hydraulic fracturing to bolster natural gas drilling has also been linked scientifically to flammable drinking water in Northeastern PA and Southern New York.

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