Marcellus Drilling Debate Now Affecting Conventional Gas Drilling in New York State

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The debate over horizontal hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale has now spilled over to affect conventional gas drilling in New York State. Protesters rallied outside Auburn City Hall (a small city in Upstate New York) yesterday afternoon to oppose the local municipal sewage treatment plant’s practice of accepting gas drilling wastewater for treatment and release into the Owasco River. None of the wastewater accepted comes from Marcellus Shale drilling—it all comes from conventional natural gas drilling in New York State.


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willisja on June 3, 2011 | Filed Under Cayuga County, Industrywide Issues, New York, Public Opinion, Wastewater


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