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phantom power

(25,966 posts) Wed Apr 18, 2012, 11:31 AM Apr 2012

Energy company seeks water from eastern Ohio reservoir for fracking

The Muskingum Conservancy Watershed District is expected to vote Friday on allowing an energy company to tap into a lake in eastern Ohio for fracking water.

Oklahoma-based Gulfport Energy Corp. wants to take up to 11 million gallons of water from Clendening Reservoir in Harrison County to hydraulically fracture, or frack, a natural gas well it is developing.

The watershed district’s governing board will be asked to approve a temporary water agreement with Gulfport. The price has not been finalized, officials said.

Clendening Reservoir typically holds about 8.6 billion gallons of water.

http://www.ohio.com/business/energy-company-seeks-water-from-eastern-ohio-reservoir-for-fracking-1.300894

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Energy company seeks water from eastern Ohio reservoir for fracking (Original Post) phantom power Apr 2012 OP

They want to take 11 million gallons of fresh water and turn it into poison No way should it happen Vincardog Apr 2012 #1

I think water is more important than natural gas. EC Apr 2012 #2

I'm going to support fracking FogerRox Apr 2012 #3

Well, that seems to answer *that* question ... Nihil Apr 2012 #4

Vincardog

(20,234 posts)

1. They want to take 11 million gallons of fresh water and turn it into poison No way should it happen

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 12:18 PM

Apr 2012

EC

(12,287 posts)

2. I think water is more important than natural gas.

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 01:17 PM

Apr 2012

They can use other forms of energy...but water is a neccessity of life. No electricity would make life harder, but you'd be alive with water.

FogerRox

(13,211 posts)

3. I'm going to support fracking

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 04:06 PM

Apr 2012

just as soon as they show they can do so without fracking waste water disposal injection wells causing earthquakes up to mag 5, and their is no chance of waste water contaminating aquifiers.

Yeah sure.......

And the Keystone KL route goes over fracking waste water disposal injection wells that can cause earthquakes, is that a good thing?

Nihil

(13,508 posts)

4. Well, that seems to answer *that* question ...

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Thu Apr 19, 2012, 04:17 AM

Apr 2012

"Can anyone come up with a more stupid, pointless and wasteful thing to do
with drinking water than just pissing in it?"

If the "Muskingum Conservancy Watershed District" vote to allow this to
happen, they should also vote to change their name as they're obviously
not interested in anything to do with "Conservancy".

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