I LIVE in Bradford County PA. There have been problems with water here BUT most of those problems came in the surface drilling. A home not far from mine had their well casing top blow right off from pressure from the gas build up. Chesapeake helped them with a water buffalo, tested their home, etc. This was stray gas probably released by the drilling. Shale is very unstable and it’s not surprising that this is happening at times. It’s too long to go into BUT to my knowledge even though it’s been alleged, no problems have come from fracking EXCEPT in LeRoy Twp where the wellhead blew out during fracking. This was due to equipment failure. Because the price of natural gas is down, so is the drilling in Bradford County. The traffic is WAY DOWN! Many drilling companies moved to Ohio for the “wet” gas. They will be coming back probably when and if the price goes back up. Right now we’re enjoying the reprieve!
I read a report today that there are only 85 drill rigs in western PA this week, down from 95 last month. Drillers are pulling out and heading to Ohio to drill the wet gas portion of the Marcellus.