gas drilling water News
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Sionix to own and operate its first wastewater treatment facility
Mobile water treatment systems company Sionix Corp is to design, build, own and operate a wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) in the Bakken Shale Formation in North Dakota. Sionix has reached an agreement with Dakota Solutions Inc to lease a property in Tioga, North Dakota. The WWTF will be designed specifically for the treatment of heavily contaminated production, flowback and frac water ...
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Some states confirm water pollution from drilling
In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was confirmed in a number of them, according to a review that casts doubt on industry suggestions that such problems rarely happen. The Associated Press requested data on drilling-related complaints in Pennsylvania, ...
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Studies find methane in Pennsylvania drinking water
New research in Pennsylvania demonstrates that it's hard to nail down how often natural gas drilling is contaminating drinking water: One study found high levels of methane in some water wells within a half-mile of gas wells, while another found some serious methane pollution occurring naturally, far away from drilling. The findings represent a middle ground between critics of the drilling ...
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4 in 10 Higher Risk Wells Aren`t Inspected By Feds
Four in 10 new oil and gas wells near national forests and fragile watersheds or otherwise identified as higher pollution risks escape federal inspection, unchecked by an agency struggling to keep pace with America's drilling boom, according to an Associated Press review that shows wide state-by-state disparities in safety checks. Roughly half or more of wells on federal and Indian lands weren't ...
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Gas drilling law could endanger NY drinking water, say NRDC experts
Half of New York’s drinking water could be contaminated by toxic pollution, unless the state adopts comprehensive safeguards for natural gas drilling before any drills break ground, according to experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). This critical threat comes as NY Governor Paterson signed a law (S.8169/A.10526) that makes it easier for gas companies to conduct horizontal ...
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Federal Government Failed to Inspect Higher Risk Oil Wells
The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say. The report, obtained by The Associated Press before its public release, highlights substantial gaps in oversight by the agency that manages oil and gas development on federal and Indian lands. ...
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Federal coal sales moratorium shakes industry stronghold
Like a trusty pickup truck, Gillette has bounced through tough times before and pulled through, thanks to coal. Lately the bumps for an industry that's brought wealth and jobs to this town are getting bigger - bankruptcies of major producers, pollution rules that have made burning coal more expensive and the decline of a once-promising export market. Now, another threat has struck coal's ...
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