In testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Jeff Cloud stated there has not been a single documented instance of contamination to groundwater or drinking water as a result of hydraulic fracturing during the 50 years the process has been used. Cloud said that statement includes over 100,000 wells in Oklahoma. The key to his state's safety record, Cloud said, is that Oklahoma requires the fluids used in fracking to be either recycled or injected into wells instead of being taken to municipal wastewater treatment plants as reportedly occurs in some areas. Read more...
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