Well Fracking
To people who care about rivers and water quality,
In order to frack a well – besides the many toxic chemicals and sand
that is included with the huge amount of water – each “frack” takes
anywhere from 3 to 5 million gallons of water – that is then mixed
with the chemicals and the sand.
It sometimes takes many “fracks” to frack a well — and each frack
takes that much water.
People who care about rivers and their ability to flow with water in
them – or people who care about aquifers – should all care about this
issue.
As well, when the fluid returns to the surface – it then contains not
only the chemicals that went down with the water – it also now
contains materials from the deep – such as arsenic, uranium, salts
and other compounds from one mile underneath the surface of the earth.
People who care about water quality should also care about this.
This is just some of the issues with fracking and does not even
discuss the other things – such as what do you do with the millions
of gallons of toxic waste water.
Best, Nancy
—
Nancy Alderman, President
Environment and Human Health, Inc.
1191 Ridge Road
North Haven, CT 06473
(phone) 203-248-6582
(Fax) 203-288-7571
http://www.ehhi.org
http://ehhijournal.org