EPA Links Wyoming Water Pollution to Fracking
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the first time has officially blamed water contamination on a natural gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."
The process involves pumping a slurry of sand, water, and chemicals deep into the ground to crack the bedrock and release pockets of methane, which is how EPA says the drilling company EnCana contaminated groundwater outside Pavillion, Wyoming.
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