[TArcher]

“There have been several water wells fracked around here and no one has complained once.”

Not once you say?

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Hydraulic fracking linked for first time to groundwater pollution
By Mark Jaffe
The Denver Post
Posted: 12/09/2011 01:00:00 AM MST

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19502307

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“Oops”

Listen, hear that gurgling sound? That’s your credibility circling the toilet bowl.

[mountainlion]

There have been several water wells fracked around here and no one has complained once.”

Please notice I was referring to Water Wells. The only problem with fracking water wells is that there may be no increase in water production. This possibility is discussed beforehand and is spelled out in the contract. There have been no problems with fracking water wells in my little community.

OOPS

[WVKayaker]

That’s your credibility circling the toilet bowl.

Your "credibility" is linked to a speculative newspaper article? Agenda related, maybe?

From the article you linked..:

... About 90 percent of U.S. wells, and almost all in Colorado, are hydrofractured or fracked by forcing a mixture of water, sand and trace chemicals into a well to crack rock and release oil and gas. Industry executives and state regulators, including Colorado regulators, have said there were no documented cases of fracking directly polluting groundwater....

The EPA study "gives a probability, not a conclusion, said Douglas Hock, a spokesman for Calgary-based Encana Corp., the operator in the Pavillion field.

The origin of the chemicals is still not certain, Hock said....