In this Feb. 17, 2012 file photo, effluent from the Niagara Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant is discharged into the Niagara River near the American Falls in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The Niagara Falls City Council voted Monday, March 5, 2012 to ban the treatment of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing. Leaders of the city that endured the Love Canal toxic waste crisis in the 1970s say they don’t want it to be a test case for so-called fracking waste. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Niagara Falls has gone on record against treating wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, with elected officials saying they don't want the city that endured the Love Canal toxic waste crisis to be a test case for the technology used in gas drilling operations.
The City Council approved an ordinance Monday that prohibits natural gas extraction in Niagara Falls, as well as the "storage, transfer, treatment or disposal of natural gas exploration and production wastes."
The move is meant to head off action by the Niagara Falls Water Board, which has been exploring the idea of accepting and treating wastewater from out-of-town hydraulic fracturing operations as a way to offset declining revenues. The city's specialized plant was designed to handle chemical waste and has the capacity to take wastewater from gas drilling.
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