Beaver Run Reservoir (Credit: Wikipedia)
CNX Midstream has applied for a state permit to withdraw water from Westmoreland County’s Beaver Run Reservoir for horizontal drilling and Marcellus shale fracking. If approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the company would install a short floating intake and a 156-foot pipeline. Beaver Run, which serves nearly 123,000 people, is one of the region’s main water sources, and any withdrawal would require municipal authority approval and metering. Officials said reservoir levels are currently near capacity after recent rains.
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