Hmmm - strip mining - activity on the surface where rainwater collects.
Fracking - thousands of feet below the water table.
You are pulling a typical bait-and-switch of the anti-fracking camp. Confuse old coalmining contamination with fracking activity. The dishonesty of the anti-fracking camp is stunning at times - even here on FR.
Pete must have been a retread. He already got the zot!