Ithaca Journal Covers Ithaca Town Board Meeting/Shaleshock Presentation by Krisy Gashler:

Hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale will require much more water and chemicals than used in the conventional natural gas drilling that has occurred in New York for decades, members of Shaleshock told the Town Board.

That will mean more trucks carrying water to wastewater treatment plants, which aren’t equipped to handle the waste, and the trucks will increase noise and dust, while damaging small country roads, they said.

The gas industry highlights the potential for $22 billion in gas revenues, but they don’t account for the potential loss in revenue from things like hunting and fishing, farming, and tourism, Shaleshock member Lisa Ann Wright said.

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