(2010-09-24) Hydraulic Fracturing Nyc Water Supply

A 2004 EPA study of Hydraulic Fracturing was rightly criticized as superficial and skewed toward industry. The new investigation, authorized by Congress, must be thorough and transparent, with extensive visits to areas where critics say the process is polluting water supplies... Among the largest and deepest deposits is the Marcellus Shale, which stretches from West Virginia through Pennsylvania into NewYork’s Southern Tier, and embraces the million-acre Water Shed that supplies New York City with unfiltered drinking water. New drilling in New York has been on hold pending the completion of environmental reviews later this year. In Pennsylvania, drilling is under way. Residents have complained about foul-smelling well water, deformed fish and itchy skin.