WVNS Does a Prelim Story on Hydro-Frac drilling in Monroe County WV
View the WVNS Fox 59 Story By Matthew Smith (appologies for the ad, it is part of the video feed from WVNS)
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View the WVNS Fox 59 Story By Matthew Smith (appologies for the ad, it is part of the video feed from WVNS)
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The gas companies claim that the Marcellus shale is too deep to affect the aquifers, but what happens if the get a bad casing/joint? A blow out that ruins all the drinking water in Monroe County and surroundings could be worse that the blow out in the Gulf. We need to band together and stop them, like they did in NY, before it’s too late. The only way to clean up an aquifer is to never pollute it in the first place. Once it’s polluted, there’s nothing that can be done!
Art, the probability of that, or aa natural fracture in the shale through bedrok coudl also cause it. Or in a region like ours that is a Region, even a single truck spill, or tank leak could contaminate the acquifer
I can’t get the video to load. Anyone else having troubles?
Birch – is loading fine for me. You do need Flash player. Maybe try downloading the latest version and trying again:
http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
Or try going to the source:
http://wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=81912