Vermont becomes first state to ban hydraulic fracturing

[owu1bag5]

Yea no "K" in Fracing

Just came off a job this morning North of Alva about 1/4 mile from Kansas, Didn't get the total depth but the job was 9 stages, each lasting 1 hour 45 mins. 100,000 pounds of sand per stage

You working for sandridge up there?

 

[dieseltech09]

You working for sandridge up there?

No, Cheasapeake.

 

[okietool]

More fuel for the fire.
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/national_world&id=8658056
Since I'm dumber than a bag of hammers on copyright law, the link is all you get.

 

[dennishoddy]

Another point. Fracing is not a new method. And vertical wells are also fraced. The OCC and the Texas RRC, both have had regulations in effect for 40 years that I know of, specifically to protect ground water.
Does anyone remember channel 4's "What's Wrong With Well" reports? The ground water contamination that started that was nitrates (I think), I can remember chiseling nitrous ammonia in farming. There was a lot of ammonia nitrates used for fertilizer about that and earlier, but that disposal well got the blame, at least the implied blame

Nitrates in the aquifer can come from many sources.
In my neck of the woods, we have a very sandy soil, and nitrates from trailer parks, and neighborhoods with septic systems contribute to the nitrates in wells. Feed lots, or just areas with a high concentration of livestock can make the nitrate levels come up in local wells.