Dimock, Pa., residents whose wells have been contaminated with methane gas got word Thursday that the EPA will send water to four of the 11 affected families.
Tags: · Cabot Oil and Gas, contaminated water, Dimock, EPA, fracking, natural gas, Pa., WaterDefense
By Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica
Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids after a series of spills at a natural gas production site near the town of Dimock last week.
The spills, which occurred at a well site run by Cabot Oil and Gas, involve a compound manufactured by Halliburton that is described as a “potential carcinogen” and is used in the drilling process of hydraulic fracturing, according to state officials. The contaminants have seeped into a nearby creek, where a fish kill was reported by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The DEP also reported fish “swimming erratically.”
Tags: · Cabot Oil and Gas, Dimock, Drilling, Halliburton, Hydraulic Fracturing, natural gas, Pennsylvania, water contamination
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