The PA DEP’s Tough Job of Investigating Gas Migration in Water Wells

We are frequently critical of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under the leadership of Governor Josh Shapiro. But our criticism is of the people who lead the department and the woke, leftist policies they've injected into the organization. Our criticism does not extend to the hardworking men and women who are the rank and file at DEP. They have demanding jobs, and they do a good job. Nowhere is that more evident than in the case of those who work in the Oil & Gas Program at DEP and the water supply/stray gas complaints they receive and must investigate. Getting a complaint that involves potential methane migration into a water supply is NOT a straightforward investigation, mainly because most of the time, that's not how such issues are reported. Very few people contact the DEP using the words "I think my water has been contaminated with methane by a shale driller a half mile away." It's never that simple.

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