Where’s the “Frackerator”?... The household device that separates the gas from drinking water. Water and heating fuel from contaminated wells...
Natural Gas has existed in most of those water wells long before they started hydraulic fracturing in the area. Some of the water wells actually drilled into shallow gas fields not related to the shale development.
Data Confirm Safety Of Well Fracturing - JULY 2010
http://www.aogr.com/index.php/magazine/frac-facts
...Since that fateful day in 1949, hydraulic fracturing has done more to increase recoverable reserves than any other technique. In the more than 60 years following those first treatments, more than 2 million frac treatments have been pumped with no documented case of any treatment polluting an aquifer.
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Studies conducted by governmental agencies and respected authorities have unanimously concluded that hydraulic fracturing is safe. The Environmental Protection Agency, the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission all have found hydraulic fracturing nonthreatening to the environment or public health.
As displayed on the Energy in Depth Web site (http://www.energyindepth.com/), the GWPC’s survey of state energy regulatory agencies found no documented cases of contaminated drinking water linked to hydraulic fracturing. The GWPC also concluded that state regulations were sufficient to ensure the integrity of the water supply. A 2002 study conducted by the IOGCC confirmed the GWPC’s conclusion that no evidence could be found of contaminated drinking water related to hydraulic fracturing.
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