[PGR88]

More media “creating the narrative.”

Fracking takes place thousands of feet underground. Any community using underground well or aquifer water is pumping it from 50-200 feet underground. They are completely different spaces.

Its like asking “cars - are they are danger to airplanes?”

Any leakage of gas or the small amount of chemicals used happens from faulty well-bores or piping on the way up. In that case, it has nothing to do with the process of “tracking” - simply the quality of the pipe and seals on the well.

[4yearlurker]

Lots of fracking going on in my area. Peoples wells HAVE been contaminated by the fracking process. The latest is in the Donegal,PA area. Pennsylvania DEP has determined that fracking contaminated 3 wells of homes in a rural community.

[thackney]

This article is not talking about polluting underground waters.

They are now trying to push hydraulic fracturing consumes the water they need for drinking in dry areas.

When they argue against golf courses for the same reason, I might believe they are serious in their concern.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brighammccown/2014/08/18/fracking-recycles-during-drought/

Comparatively, the amount of water used in fracking constitutes about .0004 of a percent of the water used in the state; the same amount used by 500 households or single golf course over a year.