News on the Grand River
 

http://www.americanrivers.org/assets...ss-release.pdf

I saw someone post this out of Pittsburgh. Thought it was interesting.

That just angers me, makes me want to fight the fracking. So whats next Beaver Creek??
Mike:49:

National Public Radio has been doing a series on fracking this week. It's worth a listen.

The more I learn about this, the less I like it. It's hard to imagine disposing of frack water directly to streams as was done in Pennsylvania until the state finally put a stop to it. And Debra posted something earlier this year about drillers using Slippery Rock Creek as a water supply for fracking. I would like to understand how it might affect other uses of that stream.

Vermont has banned fracking alltogether. They want to keep the pristine beauty of their state. I guess Ohio isn't as concerned with the hazards of fracking.

I was talking to some people out in PA and their county has set up taxes for those companies that are coming in. They nickname it the "cleanup tax". They are expecting the facking companies not to clean up whats left over/unrealized problems and try to be proactive to save money to clean it up themselves. The susquehanna river has a huge watershed and they are pretty nervous about it.

I rented a documentary dvd called "gasland" - about the negative aspects of fracking - if anyone is interested

Yeah, I saw that movie, Kerry. If all that it contains is true, it is cause for concern, especially for people who rely on well water. I've heard, although you're not sure who to believe/what to believe, that some of that well water contamination highlighted in the film (in Colorado or Wyoming?) was a problem prior to the fracking activity in the area. I suspect both sides are guilty of not telling the whole truth.

slippery rock creek
 

the gas drilling outfit is permitted to use 960,000 gallons per day from the slippery rock creek to frack a well about a mile from the "rock". if my math is correct that translates to just over 11 cfs.