Flaming Faucets Alarm Northern Texas Family

[Bunty]

I also saw this story on TV. Scary stuff and offers further evidence why it's not a bad idea to try harder to get away from relying so much on oil and natural gas for energy. What if the water suppy of an entire town that relies on ground water were to get contaminated. Or the state at least do a better job of demanding that oil and gas producers go a better job of protecting water, while holding them responsible for not doing so.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Flami...age=2#comments

[BrettL]

I saw the GasLand special on HBO. Opens some questions thats for sure. But considering how many wells are in the US it's not a surprise there are problems.

[mugofbeer]

I also saw this story on TV. Scary stuff and offers further evidence why it's not a bad idea to try harder to get away from relying so much on oil and natural gas for energy. What if the water suppy of an entire town that relies on ground water were to get contaminated. Or the state at least do a better job of demanding that oil and gas producers go a better job of protecting water, while holding them responsible for not doing so.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Flami...age=2#comments

Or there is also the possibility that the contamination is naturally occurring. If there is natural gas underground, it could be naturally entering the water supply as the residents use the groundwater.

[skyrick]

There have been a couple of segments on the local (DFW) news about this. It's supposedly caused by "Fracking", industry-speak for fracturing bedrock with high pressure water to make oil/gas extraction easier. Scary thing is that untreated natural gas is odorless.