PaulAdrian's Blog

Living in the middle of one of the country’s largest natural gas production booms impacts nearly everyone.

Some rake in great profits just for owning land and the rights to the minerals underneath the ground. The economy of the entire region benefits from the infusion of millions of dollars. But there are also negative impacts.

Previously, we’ve reported on concerns about the proximity between suburban homes and gas wells, especially when there’s active drilling. We’ve also reported on the use of eminent domain to take land for pipelines to carry the gas out of the region. Finally, we looked at the practice of injecting waste water, left over from drilling, deep into the earth.

We’ll investigate another impact of the natural gas boom Tuesday night, 6/13/2007, on FOX4 News at nine.

Making a gas well productive requires the use of a tremendous amount of water. How much? Well, lets just say, predictions for one county in coming years show three-out-every-four gallons used in the county will likely go to the natural gas industry.

I hope you’ll watch the story and let us know what you think.