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In Dimock, gas was escaping through defective casings and cement that lined some of Cabot’s gas wells. The casing also prevents groundwater from leaking into the well where it could interfere with the gas production process. A properly cased well prevents drilling fluids, fracking fluids, or natural gas from seeping into an aquifer and contaminating groundwater. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection investigated and concluded that natural gas was in fact migrating from several Cabot gas wells into local groundwater and into homeowners’ wells. In January, 2009 several homeowners noticed that water from their wells was now bubbling. In addition, a September 2010 report by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection reviewed its complaint database and concluded “that no groundwater pollution or disruption of underground sources of drinking water have been attributed to hydraulic fracturing of deep gas formations.” So if fracking is not the cause of flaming tap water and groundwater pollution in Dimock and elsewhere, what is? Since 2006, Cabot Oil and Gas has drilled nearly 60 wells in a nine square mile area around Dimock, using the fracking technique. As Reason’s Ronald Bailey points out:Ī 2008 report by the Groundwater Protection Council, a nonprofit organization whose members consist of state groundwater regulatory agencies, found that the layers of impermeable rock over top of the Marcellus Shale act as a barrier so that the water and chemicals used in fracking could not migrate upward into groundwater aquifers. John Hanger, the Pennsylvania secretary of the environment featured in the movie, labeled it 'fundamentally dishonest, a deliberately false presentation for dramatic effect.'įurthermore, Mizeur isn't entirely honest with readers about ground water contamination. In Gasland the flim’s director, Josh Fox traipsing through the Marcellus Shale region filming residents, who claim fracking, has contaminated their well water, setting the water from their kitchen faucets afire. Mizeur’s argument is nothing more than a regurgitation of the HBO “Documentary” Gasland, a greatly flawed Michael Moore-style polemic. Given the “evidence” she supplies in her argument however, Mizeur’s call for a moratorium is thinly veiled desire for banning the process entirely. Mizeur’s proposes a state moratorium on Marcellus Shale drilling permits “until until the state can assess the risks that fracking poses to streams, rivers, lakes, groundwater and the health of Marylanders.” The Marcellus Shale deposit stretches from New York south through Pennsylvania, western Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia. To release the gas, the rock is injected with a highly pressurized mixture containing at least 2 million gallons of water, 200,000 pounds of sand and 80,000 pounds of chemicals. Wells are drilled into the shale first vertically, and then horizontally, at a depth between 5,000 and 20,000 feet. When combined with advances in deep drilling techniques, hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking,' has enabled companies to extract these once untappable natural gas deposits. But it is the method of extraction - not the fuel - that has raised red flags. Water is so fundamental to our health and well-being that it is difficult to imagine the consequences of living in a world where it became more like lighter fluid….

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Why? Because in the shadow of new drilling operations, some families have discovered that their tap water is now flammable.

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And yet at least a few of these same companies have had to provide bottled water to whole neighborhoods. New technologies now allow them to extract gas from deposits long thought untappable. A flood of natural gas companies has swept into Appalachia, bringing the promise of both economic development and an American energy revolution.

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