Sharon and Jerry have been ranching for many years and had no trouble with their water till gas companies fracked around their farm. They initially had contamination of their pond and had many cattle die. They thought this was behind them, but noticed their drinking water had changed. They didn't realize just how much it did till this week. Apparently natural gas is seeping into their water well and when the well pump went on...kaboom...an explosion. The solid cinder block well house rocked, leaving it with major cracks. They called the fire marshall to inspect and he verified that natural gas was issuing from their water well. The video above is the water flowing from their well out in the open, but as you can see this water can light on fire. Water, water everywhere, but not a drop that's drinkable....
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| Inside the well house...noticed charred background |
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| cracked well house after explosion |
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| cracked well house after explosion |
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| cracked well house after explosion |
Thanks for sharing this. We're watching closely up here in New Brunswick, Canada. Shale Gas exploration is under way and much of our region is staked for gas. Southwestern Energy who I believe was active in Arkansas has moved up here and holds the largest lease area. They have morphed into SWN Resources.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck!
Thank's for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWe need all testimonials that could exist because the industry is lying us about the real consequences... See my blog (in french because over the Utica shale in Québec) but you'll find an english version of a petition directed to our parliament (assemblée nationale)... 53000 signatures so far... about 21000 just today because of this youtube clip : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIdKWcKoa0Q
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ReplyDeleteOh, that must be some kind of fluke because we all know that our "good neighbors" would never do anything to contaminate our drinking water. cough, cough
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to hear the industry's excuse for this. They will most likely say the area has had water problems before and methane migration yada yada yada. GAG.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post. It provides some great insight. I like it so much. Groundwater Testing
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