Stating the residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania are claiming their wells have been polluted by a nearby
fracking facility, federal regulators are considering the option of
shipping fresh water to the townspeople.
This treatment is taking place after
just a month after the Environmental Protection Agency deemed the
water to be safe for consumption after they presented hundreds of
pages of data linking their water's pollution to fracking.
If the EPA does go along with it, it's
sure to be one of the strongest blows against the fracking industry.
For years fracking has been theorized to be the reason water supplies
across the country have become polluted or able to be set on fire.
Along with the water damage, which has unknown short- and long-term
effects, is the direct link between fracking and earthquakes. Some
of the earthquakes are in areas which hardly ever happen to them.
The EPA said January 5th
they will conduct their own tests on the area's water. It is already
aware of the effects the gas extraction process had on the Wyoming
town of Pavilion. In that case the agency's report expressed the concluding chemicals related to fracking were present in the town's
aquifer.
Previous to this development the
company Cabot Oil & Gas was providing water to about a dozen
homes for three years until state regulators said it could stop if
they wish. Now that their water supplies have stopped, some are
showering in pond-water.
The residents started complaining about
the foul-smelling cloudy water they were getting from their faucets
in 2008.
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