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Possible fracking lawsuit | Tainted water resulting from nearby drilling for natural gas

Consider a fracking lawsuit if the water in your community was contaminated by drilling nearby.

In recent new about gas fracking, Chesapeake Energy, one of the nation's largest natural gas producers, said it won't drill in the New York City watershed in upstate New York because of opposition from politicians and environmental groups, according to the Associated Press on October 29, 2009.

Reportedly, the announcement came just hours before a hearing on the state Department of Environmental Conservation's new gas-drilling regulations, which environmental advocates deem insufficient to protect the city's water supply.

The new rules were drafted to supplement existing state regulations on oil and gas exploration in response to concerns about gas extraction using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." In that process, millions of gallons of water combined with chemicals are injected after a well is drilled, fracturing the shale to release the gas.

Fracking is widely used in the Marcellus Shale formation, a layer of rock about 6,000 feet below ground that extends from southern New York, across Pennsylvania, into eastern Ohio and West Virginia.

Environmentalists and residents worry about accidents that could result in contamination of water supplies by chemicals added to the fracking water or brought up from the shale thousands of feet underground.

Fracking has been blamed for a number of water pollution lawsuits around the country.

On September 25, Pennsylvania regulators ordered Cabot Oil & Gas Corp to halt fracking operations in one county after it admitted three recent spills of fracking fluid.

What you can do about fracking
Your community has a right to bring a suit against any corporation that is endangering families or lowering property values due to chemical spills and other acts of negligence.

As one of the nation’s leading plaintiffs’ law firms, Weitz & Luxenberg can provide you with the legal strength you need to take on companies that have polluted your community with dangerous chemicals.

If your community has been affected by fracking, we may be able to help. Please complete the form below for a free legal review of your potential environmental lawsuit. A Weitz & Luxenberg representative will contact you as soon as possible.

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