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Fracking a Mortgage and Groundwater at the Same Time

March 18, 2012
Fracking a Mortgage and Groundwater at the Same Time

In on Ohio county, over 3,000 residents have ask to have their wells checked for methane. It’s appearing at elevated levels in their water - to the “surprise” of local officials. Who say they are not sure of the source. Here’s a clue: “Another source — would be old and abandoned oil and gas wells. Stark County has nearly 3,000 operating wells, and hundreds more plugged or abandoned wells.” http://www.cantonrep.com/fracking/x1612627646/Is-there-methane-in-your-water Water is being checked within 3,000 feet of gas well drilling sites. If “3000 feet” sounds familiar, the Duke methane in groundwater study found elevated levels of methane up to a kilometer (3,000 feet and change) from gas wells. http://www.cantonrep.com/fracking/x1612627646/Is-there-methane-in-your-water I wonder how the frack that methane got into the groundwater ? 3,000 + wellbores, maybe ? http://www.scribd.com/doc/65577477/How-Gas-Wells-Leak Good luck getting […]

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