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Nothing Should Trump a Clean Water Future
Author(s) -
Lafrance David
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2011.tb11527.x
Subject(s) - hydraulic fracturing , clean water , groundwater , nothing , water contamination , contaminated water , safe drinking water act , water source , environmental science , surface water , business , natural gas , waste management , environmental planning , contamination , environmental engineering , engineering , petroleum engineering , water resource management , water quality , chemistry , ecology , philosophy , geotechnical engineering , epistemology , environmental chemistry , biology
In his column, AWWA Executive Director David LaFrance discusses the water industry's concerns with ongoing hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking or fracking) operations by the gas industry that it may create cracks that allow natural gas to contaminate well water, and disposal of flowback and produced water from fracking may lead to contamination of surface water. LaFrance provides examples of research from several different sources that indicates fracking is a risk to groundwater, and he states that the danger of continuing with fracking operations while the public waits for additional noncontroversial and conclusive science is simply that once source water is contaminated, it is too late.