Residents near Colorado are reporting that the recent flood has taken out
multiple fracking sites, releasing toxic chemicals.
UPDATE September 17, 2013
ENENEWS
The Denver Post, Sept. 16, 2013 (h/t Anonymous tip): Colorado’s richest oil field — the Denver-Julesburg Basin — is buried in flood waters raising operational and environmental concerns.
Thousands of wells and operating sites have been impacted. “The scale is unprecedented,” said Mike King, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. “We will have to deal with environmental contamination from whatever source.”
The basin, one of the most promising onshore oil plays. The major public health risks will come from contaminated water and sediments, said Miriam Rotkin-Ellman, a Natural Resources Defense Council staff scientist.
There are more than 20,000 wells in the DJ-Basin and surrounding areas and 3,200 permits for open pits in Weld County, according to state data
September 16, 2013
UPDATE September 17, 2013
ENENEWS
Colorado’s richest oil field buried in flood waters, 1,000s of wells and sites affected — Official: “Scale is unprecedented… We will have to deal with environmental contamination” — Chemist: “It’s new territory” — Scientist: “Major public health risks” from contaminated water, sediment
The Denver Post, Sept. 16, 2013 (h/t Anonymous tip): Colorado’s richest oil field — the Denver-Julesburg Basin — is buried in flood waters raising operational and environmental concerns.
Thousands of wells and operating sites have been impacted. “The scale is unprecedented,” said Mike King, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. “We will have to deal with environmental contamination from whatever source.”
The basin, one of the most promising onshore oil plays. The major public health risks will come from contaminated water and sediments, said Miriam Rotkin-Ellman, a Natural Resources Defense Council staff scientist.
There are more than 20,000 wells in the DJ-Basin and surrounding areas and 3,200 permits for open pits in Weld County, according to state data
September 16, 2013
According to the Denver Post, “Oil drums, tanks and other industrial debris
mixed into the swollen river flowing northeast. County officials did not give
locations of where the pipeline broke and where other pipelines were
compromised.
One pipeline has broken and is leaking, according to Weld County
Emergency Manager Roy Rudisill. Other industry pipelines are sagging as
saturated sediment erodes around the expanding river.”
Flood waters can topple facilities and spread oil, gas, and cancer-causing
fracking chemicals across vast landscapes making contamination and clean-up
efforts exponentially worse and more complicated.
Read more - http://intellihub.com/2013/09/16/colorado-flood-creates-fracking-chemical-spill-report/
Questions and answers about fracking - http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking
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