Stop Fracking Up Our Water—New Study Supports Water Contamination Due to Fracking

Earthworks: An independent analysis of new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) water monitoring data verifies a 2011 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation into whether hydraulic fracturing contaminated the Wind River aquifer near Pavillion, Wyoming--an important groundwater source that provides water to thousands of Wyoming residents and farmers. The preliminary results of U.S. EPA's study was one of the first to document hydrocarbons consistent with fracking fluid chemicals in drinking water...

URL: http://ecowatch.org/2012/water-contamination-fracking/
Enclosure: http://www.earthworksaction.org/library/detail/assessment_of_groundwater_sampling_results_completed_by_the_usgs