Reports of drinking water contamination in the US are a key factor in the fracking debate, writes LORNA SIGGINS , Western Correspondent
A US ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency (US EPA) study under way into the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” on drinking water resources will inform future policy in Europe, an NUI Galway (NUIG) geologist has forecast.
The major study, requested by the US Congress due to “public concern”, will include research into thousands of reported instances of drinking water contamination in US states where the technique to extract gas from underground reserves is licensed.
The final report is not due until 2014, but a preliminary report issued by it last week found that compounds which were likely to be associated with fracking chemicals had been detected in the groundwater beneath Pavillion, a small community in central Wyoming.
TheIrishTimes.com
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