In addition to fears of groundwater contamination, there are other issues such as the disposal of fracture fluids and simply the volume of water used by the activity. (canadianbusiness.com)
Now that the EPA has found a chemical used in fracturing fluids in Pavillion's drinking water, Chavez said the next step in the research is to ask EnCana for a list of the chemicals it uses and then do more sampling using that list. (scientificamerican.com)
Data from 2,900 hydraulically fractured wells in the state were used to estimate potential releases of fracturing fluid chemicals and wastewater. (sciencedaily.com)