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ok i have a question before a gas company drills they check everyones water within so many feet from the drill site.what about the natural springs comming out of the hillsides where people have been getting water for years anybody checking those is that water going to make us sick?

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Permalink Reply by wyalusing jim on May 25, 2013 at 12:57pm

if they are aware of them, yes they test them too, as well as ponds and any other surface water source. it's up to the landowner to make the testing company aware of whatever needs to be tested.

why would you think that drilling and frac'ing for gas would make anyone sick?

the process has been used for many years and so far no one has gotten sick.

wj

Permalink Reply by william george allison on May 25, 2013 at 1:06pm

ok jim then why cant my neice and her family drink thier water after drilling and fracking in the area.that water was tested prior to drilling???????they can only bath in it now

Permalink Reply by wyalusing jim on May 25, 2013 at 1:17pm

so lets hear the story bill.

if what you say is true, theirs' will be the first case.

i'm all ears here.

wj

Permalink Reply by william george allison on May 25, 2013 at 1:58pm

really jim so then thier neighbors would be the second case and so on

Permalink Reply by wyalusing jim on May 25, 2013 at 2:32pm

yeah bill, really.

lets hear the story.

if there is one that is.

wj

Permalink Reply by Keith A Williams on May 25, 2013 at 2:36pm

William.

We had all our water sources tested.

Springs

Wells

Creeks

Anything within 3000 feet of the proposed well site. This was in Columbiana County Ohio.

You claim to have problems now, what were the initial tests like?

What changes happened?

What are the test numbers now?

Where are you located?

What company did the drilling?

If you do not answer those questions, no one is going to believe you. You look to be an anti-drilling person trying to stir the pot.

I am not trying to be hard on you but, making claims without scientific proof will get you nowhere fast.

Keith

Permalink Reply by william george allison on May 26, 2013 at 12:46am

boy did this get out of hand.and no i am not anti drilling trying to stir the pot.i am a land owner i do not have a problem.the spring i was talking about is on coal company property a couple thousand acres DO THEY KNOW HOW MANY SPRINGS ARE ON THAT PROPERTY this spring comes out by a main road they just drilled on top of the hill people get water there every day i just asked a question sir it is what it is      BILL

Permalink Reply by John OBrien, landowner advocate on June 1, 2013 at 2:24am

Frank, "don't drink the water" in Mexico refers to giardia, which is a parasite infection of the intestines, very painful but fully curable with treatment.

Permalink Reply by Keith A Williams on May 26, 2013 at 3:16am

William,

You asked about a spring. The water testing company will send a questionnaire to the landowner. They will ask what needs to be tested. In my case, they asked, I responded, they tested, no problems. A coal company may not know it's land very well, or care. 

William look back at this post. You did not "I just asked a question sir it is what it is". You made the following statement.

"ok jim then why cant my neice and her family drink thier water after drilling and fracking in the area.that water was tested prior to drilling???????they can only bath in it now"

You made this get out of hand. Either back up what you say or do not say it. Simple, plain,   no problems.

People do have bad water. The tests in my area found some bad wells, some because of  methane. CHK came in after the tests and put venting well caps on these water wells. These problems are in no way related to drilling. They have not put the well in yet. Most are because of coal, maybe all of them.

William, there are too many people that are out to blame others on their problems. If you have a true problem, let us help you figure out the real cause.

We here are quick to defend what may be our biggest single source of income in our lives.

Keith

Permalink Reply by william george allison on May 26, 2013 at 12:12pm

Keith i am with you on defending the oil and gas companys i am in a unit myself drilled and being fracked within weeks.they are spending millions in this area do i want them to pull out NO.people either dont care about drilling or simply dont know what it will or will not do to the water especially old people.that spring is a good example people young and old get water from that spring every day.also 14 of my neices neighbors have bad water also after drilling    BILL

Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on May 28, 2013 at 7:36am

Can someone tell me of a open spring that has been certified safe by a health department for humans to drink straight from?

Permalink Reply by Keith A Williams on May 28, 2013 at 9:02am

Billy,

That is a very interesting point. In Ohio, I don't think most homes have had their well tested let alone a spring!

I know that in 1988, after a couple of dry years, the USDA paid 80% of the cost to capture the spring that my cattle drank from. The contractor installed a system to capture the water and piped it into 2 - 300 gallon livestock tanks. It made a really great system to water my cattle. The water testing company was very impressed when they tested them. I do not have any cattle now, but the deer like to drink from them!

Keith

Attached picture of tanks.

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