Study: Fluids Seeping into PA Drinking Water
A new study finds that fluids from deep within Pennsylvania’s natural gas fields may by finding their way to the earth’s surface and contaminating the state’s drinking water supply . Researchers from Duke University and California State Polytechnic University tested drinking water wells and aquifers across Northeastern Pennsylvania and found that in some cases, the water had mixed with brine similar to the kind from the Marcellus Shale