Sentences with phrase «leak fracking fluids»

Improperly drilled wells or faulty well casings can leak fracking fluids and methane gas into nearby aquifers and water wells.

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But Clarens says fracking fluids could theoretically leak into aquifers, because the wells must be dug through shallow layers where the aquifers lie in order to reach shales.

Fracking has already drawn considerable scrutiny from environmental groups, unhappy homeowners, and teams of lawyers who blame the drilling method for polluting pristine rivers, turning bucolic farmlands into noisy industrial zones, and leaking enough methane to make ordinary tap water as flammable as lighter fluid.

My concern is that many will read the title, «Geochemical evidence for possible natural migration of Marcellus Formation brine to shallow aquifers in Pennsylvania,» and immediately infer that residual treatment water (i.e., frack fluid) is most likely to leak into groundwater from depths of several thousand feet.