In Land of Hydraulic Fracturing, a Battle Over Water Pollution – NYTimes.com
June 2, 2012
In Land of Hydraulic Fracturing, a Battle Over Water Pollution – NYTimes.com.
: Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion Wyoming Prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, Ada OK
May 1, 2012
ene_12050101a.pdf (application/pdf Object).
April 30, 2012
Review of DRAFT: Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion Wyoming
Prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, Ada OK
Prepared by: Tom Myers, Ph.D.
Hydrologic Consultant
Reno NV
SUMMARY
EPA releases 20 new Dimock water test results – News – The Times-Tribune
April 6, 2012
EPA releases 20 new Dimock water test results – News – The Times-Tribune.
My quick scan shows 6/31 water wells above the absolutely critical/dangerous level of 28 mg/L for methane. This is 20%, well above the expected baseline prevalence of about 1%. What will haunt this community situation is the lack of baseline water well testing. – because the driller never got baseline tests.
There are lotta other data at the link. View the Data HERE
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EPA releases 20 new Dimock water test results
By Laura Legere (Staff Writer)
Published: April 6, 2012
Federal regulators have released the second set of sampling results from their investigation in Dimock Twp.
The Environmental Protection Agency found that the 20 new results – like the first 11 released three weeks ago – “did not show levels of contaminants that would give EPA reason to take immediate action,” spokesman Roy Seneca said in a statement Friday.
A spreadsheet of the results from all 31 wells can be found at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/states/pa.html under “Dimock, PA activities.”
The agency has now released about half of the data collected between Jan. 23 and Feb. 15 during sampling in an area of Dimock where the agency is investigating the potential impact of nearby natural gas drilling on water supplies. The EPA took samples from 61 homes.
Exemption of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Wastes from Federal Hazardous Waste Regulations
March 26, 2012
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Exemption of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Wastes from Federal Hazardous Waste Regulations EPA 2002
Deep concern: Environmentalists question groundwater risks » Local News » The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA
March 25, 2012
Are injection wells an issue in NY as well?
Sorta under the radar here as well –
from DEC site – Brine Disposal Well Summary –
first 3 are the active disposal wells, others for storage
– click on link, then click on searchable database and hit view map for location-
I am in process today of drafting inquiry letter for reports mandated by EPA – got very vague answers last year from Linda Collart on Quill disposal well 1800′ deep 3/4 mile from Cayuga Lake –
“No “drilling waste” taken, migration impossible, pressure is very low, biggest problem is truck traffic.”
Yet there are two large tanks labeled PRODUCED WATER/BRINE near that well – wouldn’t that be drilling waste?
I think one of the biggest problems is the fuzzy words thrown around by agencies – vague by design – won’t find a lot of these in glossaries of EPA nor DEC –
Brine
Formation water – naturally occurring but ‘brine’ used interchangably –
Salt Water (TX RR commission – really. http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/about/faqs/saltwaterwells.php
Waste Water
Frack Waste
Drilling Waste
Flowback Fluid
NG liquids
Produced Water – GAO report from Jan. 2012 – http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/587522.pdf
synonyms all? keep coming back to that conclusion –
Quill disposal well town of Cayuga –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCqucHS11hQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Three inj. disp. wells in NY.)
Three inj. disp. wells in NY.)
Just what and how much is going down there?
Will more Queenston wells be flipped for disposal? There are scores dotting Cayuga County. Is there a public notification process for this?
Agencies make a big deal of inspections for casing standards and integrity of disposal wells – just how do construction standards of these wells really matter? the concrete and steel WILL eventually fail. And when the fluids are being injected into a porous layer? nothing is containing them but the geology…(faults? fractures? abandoned wells? ) hard to figure how these make sense at a mere 640′, 1080′ and 1800 feet deep.
If anyone knows anything please share. Will post my query to the agencies when I finish later. I’ve got a lot of questions.
MaryM
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