FrackTracker Expands Efforts to Track Water Quality
Friday, March 29, 2013
CARROLLTON, Ohio — Carroll Concerned Citizens will host Ted Auch, Ohio program coordinator, FracTracker, at its April 4 meeting to explain the latest effort to document and understand trends in water quality for shale gas regions.
“From across the country in areas where unconventional oil and gas development is occurring, accounts of possible water well contamination have been reported by landowners, but these reports haven’t been collected in one place for research purposes,” said Auch.
“This new FracTracker Alliance project will be an ideal opportunity to leverage data from various sources and the latest computer mapping technologies to help local, state and national officials in their decision making.”
Paul Feezel, chair of Carroll Concerned Citizens added, “Until now there hasn’t been a good, single source for detailed water quality data or trends. We are excited to be a promotional partner with FracTracker to assist in the collection of water quality data from landowners and independent water monitoring efforts.”
The meeting is being held at the Church of Christ, 353 Moody Ave. Carrollton, starting at 7 p.m.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
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