Keep Our Water Safe from Drilling Pollution

A new and dangerous form of gas drilling is threatening our rivers and streams and the waterways that supply us with drinking water.

From Susquehanna County in the northeast, to Washinton County in the southwest, the drilling industry has already developed a track record of polluting our waterways in Pennsylvania.

In September, state environmental officials ordered Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. to stop drilling after it spilled about 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids near Dimock, PA, killing fish and wildlife in the area.

In June, a leaking Marcellus waste water pipe from Range Resources, another drilling company, polluted a tributary of Cross Creek Lake in Washington County, killing wildlife in almost a mile of stream.

Click here to sign a petition to make sure Gov. Rendell does more to protect our drinking water from Marcellus Shale gas drilling.

Families and communities all over the state are feeling the effects of Marcellus Shale gas drilling.

In 2008, state environmental officials issued a drinking water advisory for about 325,000 local residents after inadequately treated drilling wastewater was discharged into the Monongahela River.

Another woman in Dimock actually saw her personal water well explode due to an excess of methane gas in her water well.

PennEnvironment believes that any drilling that takes place must protect the public's health, our drinking water supplies, and our environment. We're working to stop the mad dash to drill and to convince our elected leaders and administrators to protect our drinking water today, and protect our rivers and streams for our children and grandchildren to enjoy in the long-term. And that's where we need your help.