Frac drilling

For more information about this posting related to a video of a homeowner literally setting his water on fire as the water came out of the tap in his kitchen sink, contact Amy Feran.

Below are the links to the story and the video. This illustrates what happened in Bainbridge.

Frac drilling releases gas from rock formations, but all of the released gas does not necessarily travel up to the wellhead. It, along with the toxic chemicals used in the drilling mud, can travel long distances along rock formations and get into drinking water supplies.

In Highland Heights we have several streams that are headwaters for Euclid Creek, which empties into Lake Erie. And we get our drinking water from Lake Erie.

Frac drilling is not nearly as contained as drilling companies would like us to believe. It has the potential to impact far beyond the boundries of any 20 acre drilling leasehold. In Bainbridge, they are still having problems with gas contaminating water and homes in the neighborhood where the house exploded. The problem has not been resolved. The house explosion was not a one shot deal.

Frac drilling has exploded in Colorado, where this story comes from. Local legislators are now lobbying Washington to change the rules and remove the exemption that Halliburton acquired in 2003, which exempted frac drilling from the provisions of the Clean Water Act, because they are experiencing so much ground water contamination as a result of this new drilling technique.


http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-firewater-032309,0,5726629.story

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20090320/NEWS/903199938/1002/NONE&parentprofile=1001&title=VIDEO%20%20Flammable%20water%20fires%20up%20Fort%20Lupton%20homeowners