Fracking can cause water pollution: EPA. Cecilia Jamasmie ... In the process of hydrolic fracturing, chemically treated water is forced underground to break rock, which lets gas flow.

Sen. James Inhofe says there has never been “an instance of ground water contamination” caused by hydraulic fracturing — fracking — for oil and natural gas.

Fracking has contaminated drinking water supplies in North Dakota and elsewhere. Consumer Reports and Ensia explain how activists are fighting back against the water quality issues brought about ...

Beginning in 2008, the EPA took water samples from residents' drinking water wells, finding hydrocarbons and traces of contaminants that seemed like they could be related to fracking.

In at least two cases around one well in Texas, scientists saw people’s homes have their water supplies go from clean to contaminated during the year of study. Skip to main content.

The EPA reported that fracking had contaminated 25 per cent of 36 water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania, though the agency "did not find mechanisms have led to widespread, systemic impacts on ...

The EPA’s investigation into water pollution near Pavillion, Wyo., produces landmark findings that could erode arguments used to defend safety of the gas drilling process.

Hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") is the process whereby gas and oil is made to flow from impermeable rock, which is broken-open with water containing various salts and other materials, under high ...

A study of drinking water in Appalachian Ohio found no evidence of natural gas contamination from recent oil and gas drilling. Geologists with the University of Cincinnati examined drinking water in ...

With chemically treated water comes great responsibility. Fracking consists of three main processes: 1) identify a shale formation and drill a mile-deep well into the rock; 2) inject a mix of ...