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By shirari, on July 15th, 2009%
 Experts question treated gas-drilling fluid: Problems noted in Pennsylvania by Krisy Gashler:
The consultant overseeing testing at the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant cautioned plant operators Wednesday to think carefully before accepting gas drilling fracking fluid, saying some Pennsylvania plants that have accepted the material have created problems for downstream drinking water plants. One plant also reportedly discovered radioactivity in the fracking waste, said Jimmie Joe Carl, an engineer with Pennfield-based MRB Group.
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By shirari, on June 15th, 2009%
Protecting town roads by Fritz Mayer for River Reporter:
I don’t know if people understand how many trucks will be going in and out of a well-drilling site… A million gallons of water comes in, depending on the size of the truck, 400 to 500 tractor-trailer loads of water coming in and out of a site. The majority of our roads are not sufficiently developed to handle this type of traffic… These roads have to stay open for the ambulance service, the fire service, school buses, and no town here can afford to have a $1 million worth of damage to one of the roads, be expected to fix it, and get into a legal battle with any of these companies that are coming in.
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By shirari, on May 27th, 2009%
Check out this segment by Jeff Brady on NPR: Face-off Over ‘Fracking’: Water Battle Brews On Hill (Click for an audio link and synopsis)
By shirari, on May 27th, 2009%
Natural Gas Politics by Abrahm Lustgarten:
With growing evidence that the drilling can damage water supplies, Democratic leaders in Congress are circulating legislation that would repeal the extraordinary exemption and for the first time require companies to disclose all chemicals used in the key drilling process, called hydraulic fracturing.
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By shirari, on March 12th, 2009%
“While the Ithaca wastewater plant’s owners deliberate whether to accept the liquefied remains of animal carcasses from Cornell University, the Cayuga Heights wastewater treatment plant is already accepting wastewater from gas drilling companies.”
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