Don’t worry, Gee Dub, my bubble remains quite intact and I stand by my prior statements.
First of all, the incident at Dimock had nothing to do with spilled frack water; it was from methane that had migrated into the water supply of 14 homes. According to an article at earthtimes.org, Cabot Oil & Gas, the company that drilled the Dimock wells did tests that show only four water wells exceed the federally recommended methane action levels.
"In addition to the well test results and publicly available historical documentation, Cabot has compiled records of the existence of methane gas in and around the Dimock area long before Cabot began drilling for natural gas. Additionally, Cabot provided copies of sworn affidavits from residents who acknowledged they have ignited their well water prior to Cabot drilling in their community.
Cabot has also discovered water well drillers who have encountered gas while drilling water wells in the area, reports detailing hundreds of water wells in and around the area that tested positive for gas prior to Cabot's activities, and official U.S. Geological Survey data concluding that methane gas was present in the area's groundwater decades before Cabot started drilling."
earthtimes.org, October 19, 2010
Secondly, the cattle in that article you linked to were quarantined only as a precaution. Wastewater leaked from a holding pit into a nearby field where the cattle were grazing. No groundwater contamination or illness or harm to the livestock was ever reported. That story comes from Pro Publica.org, a left-leaning political organization founded by Herbert & Marion Sandler, longtime friends of billionare George Soros.
"Maybe the Sandlers are helping their political ally, George Soros, a hedge fund manager who runs an offshore fund whose investors may well include some of the world's wealthiest and most anti-American petrocrats.
Shielded from scrutiny by offshore operations, the names of Soros' investors are a closely guarded secret. But perhaps more than a few of them would look askance at expedited development of our own energy resources. We would be less dependent on the petrodollar rich abroad -- and the price of oil and gas would weaken -- should domestic energy resources like the Marcellus Shale reserves be developed."
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Sunday, October 5, 2008
As someone with an admittedly vested interest in the well-being of the industry, I’ve been studying this issue for quite some time. I have yet to see any credible evidence of hydraulic fracturing causing contamination of a water supply. Most of the accidents that I’ve read about involve sloppy industrial hygiene on the part of the gas company. While I agree that these companies should be held accountable, the fracking in and of itself is not to blame.
Regards,
Scott Perry
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