These NY Cities, Towns, and Villages may already be suffering water contamination issues due to hydrofracking in PA, despite the present NY moratorium:Binghamton, Endicott, Johnson City, Vestal, Apalachin,
Owego, Waverly, Elmira, Horseheads, Corning,
and all points in between with ground water
which is influenced by the Susquehanna or Tioga Rivers
Owego, Waverly, Elmira, Horseheads, Corning,
and all points in between with ground water
which is influenced by the Susquehanna or Tioga Rivers
Total effected population: ~160,000 NYers.
What are we going to do about this?
Data from Karen Edelstein, FracTracker
| City | Number of unconventional wells upstream | horizontal | % horiz | PA drainage area upstream | Total upstream area | Well/PA sq. mi | well/total upstream area |
| Binghamton | 98 | 86 | 87.8 | 278 sq mi. | 3,893 sq. mi. | 0.35 | 0.025 |
| Waverly | 136 | 124 | 91.2 | 443 | 4938 | 0.31 | 0.028 |
| Corning | 344 | 314 | 91.3 | 702 | 5563 | 0.49 | 0.62 |
Map composited by BH:
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Related posts:
City of Binghamton’s water is UNSAFE: 98 Unconventional Wells upstream of water intake for ~50,000 people
Has Binghamton’s water already been affected by Fracking?
Incidents and maps of water contamination upstream of of the City of Binghamton NY.
The amount of our precious water used for fracking is staggering
Jim Ehmke, of WIVT Newschannel-34’s got the SCOOP
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