The debate over whether and how drilling and fracking contaminate groundwater with gas — the infamous
flaming water faucet of the documentary Gasland — would benefit especially.
Not exact matches
Cold and hot
water sampling was carried out first with the aerators in
faucets in place to assess the risk at each outlet point and then after disinfecting and
flame - sterilizing the outlet point and letting the
water run for two minutes to analyze the microbiological features of the plumbing system.
Researchers from Duke University say they have found a clear link between gas drilling in Pennsylvania and Upstate New York and high levels of flammable methane in drinking
water — a situation that became a prominent talking point in the drilling debate after
flaming faucets were featured in the documentary «Gasland.»
A Colorado man holds a
flame to his kitchen
faucet and turns on the
water.
That's worth noting because critics often cite a now - discredited example of methane in
water supplies from the 2010 film Gasland (the so - called «
flaming faucet «-RRB- that wrongly portrayed the methane as related to hydraulic fracturing.