Posted by Brian on November 15, 2015 · Leave a Comment
SRBC Study Finds No Impacts on Streams from Marcellus Shale Drilling
From 2010 to 2013 the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) monitored 58 sampling stations in small headwater streams in the Susquehanna River Basin to investigate potential impacts from gas exploration in the Marcellus Shale. The study recorded pH, temperature, conductivity, inorganic chemistry, TOC, gross alpha and beta radiation, and macroinvertebrates. The SRBC report, released earlier this year, concluded no discernible relationship between water quality and well pad density. Please click HERE to download an electronic copy of the report.
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- If you have any testing done as part of this action, please consider releasing this data to the Citizen Groundwater and Surface Water Database. Fill out the attached form and mail the data to the following address:
Mr. Brian Oram, PG
Keystone Clean Water Team
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Dallas, PA 18612
Please note- if you have baseline testing done already you may have some information on the level of surfactants in the water if you had a MBAS test done.
- Informational Screening Testing – Get your water screened for water contamination including isopropanol – Informational Screening Water Kit (Not Certified) Covers about 200 parameters, plus a review of any predrilling data – Only $ 275.00. Email
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Posted by Brian on October 4, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Here are a few easy ways to help protect Groundwater Quality in Your Community ” Remember We ALL Live Downstream”:
1. Implement Water Conservation Practices and Take the First Step use less and Install a Rain Barrel or Water Garden.
2. Apply fertilizers and other herbicides and pesticides as per the manufacturers specifications or seek out “Green” or Native Alternatives and test the soil before adding fertilizers.
3. Compost – Do not burn or put leaves or other organic yard waste in plastic bags.
4. Check your Well Water Quality – Get Your Water Tested (Annually) or order a self-screening test.
5. If on a septic system – the septic system should be maintained, cleaned, and inspected approximately once every three years.
6. Run a Community Hazard Report – Keystone Clean Water Team?
7. Switch to more Eco-Friendly Cleaners.
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