Well water tests positive for drilling mud and known drilling surfactants.
On Friday, June 25, 2010, Wolf Eagle Environmental, LLC confirmed drilling mud has impacted well water in DISH, TEXAS. The water tested positive for Methylene-blue-active substance (MSAS) and Cobalt Thiocyanate Active substance (CTAS), surfactants commonly used in oil and gas drilling operations.
Affected DISH residents Damon and Amber Smith have been without clean well water since the summer of 2009, shortly after Devon Energy started hydraulic fracturing behind their home. The well water is the main source of water for the Smith residence and property.
Despite an installed filtering system, the Smith’s well water appeared to be filled with gray mud-like sediment. The mud sample taken from the heavily clogged filter was confirmed by scientists to consist of bentonite, a constituent of drilling mud.
A recent high pressure incident in one or more of the gas wells near the Smith’s house may have caused a large amount of drilling mud to migrate into the aquifer where the Smith’s draw water from. It is not uncommon to see migration of drilling mud months after drilling has occurred because not all of the drilling mud is removed after a gas or oil well is bored.
“DISH, TX is only 9 miles from my home. If I can ride my bike to DISH in under 30 minutes, how long will it be before that water migrates through the underground aquifer and contaminates my well?” says concerned Bartonville resident Michael Knoll.
According to Wolf Eagle Environmental, MBAS and CTAS are a concern to aquatic environments and human populations due to their carcinogenic and reproductive toxic byproducts.
News of the contaminated DISH water comes shortly after the US Environmental Protection Agency announced a comprehensive research study to investigate potential harmful consequences of hydraulic fracturing to water quality and public health.
For more information contact:
PO Box 270541
Flower Mound, TX 75027
Office: (682) 502-6056 Fax: (682) 502-6069
I cannot believe this. It gets worse. It seems amazing that they can’t be forced to stop!
Not good! They’ll have to build a pipeline to provide clean water from town.
Well it’s looks like to me that filters work on cleaning up your well water. How can I believe that your water really looks like that? I didn’t see it being filled up from the well house???? I’m a local to this part of Texas born and raised and I fill that I’m living in Califorina with all this complaining going on! In my experience it seem that the only people that ” bitch ” about the drilling are the people that are not directly getting anything in return. So sorry about your bad luck, but there’s more to life than less. And if you want to concern yourself with something that you honestly really don’t know anything about than that’s awesome because in reallity you look like a idiot to everyone else. Keep crying Keep “bitching” and just mybe you will solve all the Worlds problems. I’m so sad for anyone that agrees with all the idiots above because if it was so true and drill was that bad don’t ou thank that the TRRC would step in so something???? And of you don’t know what the TRRC is than you really have no need to comment on anything about drilling natural gas etc…… Also if you have real issuses with all this then You need to sale your cars, boats, RV’s, tractors, trucks, motorcycles, AT’s, etc…… And start walking to work don’t use gas to heat your home , ,cook or to heat hot water and when your trash truck that picks up your garbage is running off of natural gas why don’t you bitch to them about all the harm being done. Because If there wasn’t a demand for it we would not drill for it. The trash you throw out every month causes more harm and more toxic gases than drilling does so do some research yourself and don’t get your info off of the tv or your from your neighbor. Have a Wounderful Blessed American Day,
KJK