Not to mention all the other towns suffering from this.

the population of Weatherford in 2000 was 19,000. Wikipedia quotes the 2010 census at a little over 25,000. It's only thirty miles west of Fort Worth, so likely well within the greater DFW area and population. I doubt it's an isolated town.

I haven't been there since grandma died, but it was very isolated and rural as long as 10 years ago.

I just figured DFW sprawl would have overtaken it by now...

Sugarland was at one time an isolated farming community, southwest of Houston. Now, it's just part of the SW Deathway Corridor all the way out to the exurbs.

I know many of you vote against them time after time, you can't be held responsible. I love all my Texan friends, their government, not so much.

But we do still love our state. I hope people can understand the difference

I haven't seen you around the last few days. Are you staying busy and giving them hell over at Discussionist?

I got bored with Discussionist. I don't have the personality to go head to head with ignoramuses, no matter how lucid they may appear.

DU tends to shoo me away from time to time, too, though not for the same reasons. Some things just bore me. Can't help it

But maybe the Railroad Commission isn't the optimum oversight body for Water contamination.

but they've been in charge of "natural resources" for as long as I can remember. They're also the agency to go to when you need GIS data for pipeline maps. They 'regulate' all of that stuff.

Oophs

The bible says "thou shall not disrupt fracking"

I have a sneaking suspicion that they found that water contamination can't be tied to fracking because water doesn't make campaign contributions to Republicans.

If I couldn't light the water coming out of my faucet on fire before the area below my water table was fracked, but could after the fracking occurred, then how can there be no link?

that you couldn't light your water on fire prior to fracking.

I know, it makes my brain sad too.

Pope is a corporate sellout.

who have stinky, flammable water have to say now, drill baby drill?

Breathing it can lead to hallucinations: The Oracle at Delphi...

edited because I couldn't post the link

those aliens weren't bothered a whit by methane.

and I'm not sure a few little hallucinations would bother me,!?

They are just imaginary friends there to help you.

And so what if a few of them say they want to chew off your face? That's just them being snarky.

And yes, they really ARE snarky.

Too much OT?

Business is soon to be booming.

If you don't investigate you will never find the hidden things and I'd bet big $$ the state of Texas didn't investigate this at all, much less thoroughly.

sooner or later, the town will have Erin Brockovich showing up to help them out, but by then, people will be dying.