A new Department of Energy study on fracking brine, is being conducted in Pennsylvania to determine if fracking brine migrates and affects drinking water.
The gas drilling company participating let researchers add tracing fluid to their hydraulic fracturing fluids before injecting the fluids 8,100 feet into the ground.
The company hopes to prove with this one (out of thousands upon thousands) well that fracking brine does not migrate.
While it is a great start to research one meager well and the voluntary participation of the gas company is noteworthy, one case study cannot be presented as scientific proof; as it is, in fact, only one well while multiple sets of circumstances can affect the results of a study like this.
While the results are not in yet on this one case study, drawing conclusions from a single test would be like the FDA approving a drug after testing a new medication on a single patient.
When the results come in, I'll be sure to share them.
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