In furtherance of providing you more water-related resources and information, here’s the first paragraph of a blog post from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law Water Law Review blog:
EPA Fracking Findings Provide Roadmap for Meaningful Regulation
The highly-anticipated EPA study “Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas: Impacts from the Hydraulic Fracturing Water Cycle on Drinking Water Resources in the United States” (“study”) released in December 2016, sent shockwaves through media outlets due to a change in the language of the study’s major finding from the draft version that emerged in June 2015. The 2015 draft stated that the EPA “did not find evidence that” fracking mechanisms “have led to widespread, systematic impacts on drinking water in the United States.” In contrast, the new study revealed conclusions that describe “how activities in the hydraulic fracturing water cycle can impact—and have impacted—drinking water resources and the factors that influence the frequency and severity of those impacts.”
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