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prior to the debate about the water; However, This article looks interesting: Mr. Hock said it should have come as no surprise that the E.P.A.?s two monitoring wells showed high levels of methane and benzene because they were drilled deep into a natural gas field. But some locals say the draft report?s analysis of water samples, which identified synthetic chemicals consistent with natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing fluids, is proof of what they suspected for years. A draft report by the Environmental Protection Agency, issued in December, appeared to confirm their concerns, linking chemicals in local groundwater to gas drilling. ?Until there is a peer-reviewed study and a good scientific basis that indicates that the issues related to water are related to our operations, that is not something we are ready to address,? said Doug Hock, an Encana spokesman. Encana has maintained that water in the area is naturally poor and that its operations did not cause the problems ? fracking had also occurred before the company purchased the gas field. Moreover, the energy industry has steadfastly pointed out that there has never been any conclusive link between fracking and water contamination. ?These are people that had good water,? said John Fenton, a barrel-chested farmer and chairman of the Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens group. ?And it changed when there was this rush to come in here and develop the area when they didn?t understand the geology.? But here on the front lines of the battle over fracking, which has become an increasingly popular technique to extract previously unobtainable reserves of oil and gas, no conclusion is yet definitive. A draft report by the Environmental Protection Agency, issued in December, appeared to confirm their concerns, linking chemicals in local groundwater to gas drilling. ?These are people that had good water,? said John Fenton, a barrel-chested farmer and chairman of the Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens group. ?And it changed when there was this rush to come in here and develop the area when they didn?t understand the geology.? A draft report by the Environmental Protection Agency, issued in December, appeared to confirm their concerns, linking chemicals in local groundwater to gas drilling. But here on the front lines of the battle over fracking, which has become an increasingly popular technique to extract previously unobtainable reserves of oil and gas, no conclusion is yet definitive. Encana has maintained that water in the area is naturally poor and that its operations did not cause the problems ? fracking had also occurred before the company purchased the gas field. Moreover, the energy industry has steadfastly pointed out that there has never been any conclusive link between fracking and water contamination. ; how do you cope with the water monitoring?
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