Central Wyoming residents are highly suspicious of a drilling technique being used in their area and are certain it has contaminated their water. Unfortunately, they won\u2019t know for sure if that is the case until the results from testing are back in July. The process they take exception to, called fracking, has evidently turned their water a different color and it now has a horrid smell to it. Most of the families in town may want to find out about the benefits of water distillation while they are waiting to hear word from the government.<\/p>\n
Fracking, otherwise known as hydraulic fracturing, involves crews pumping pressurized water, chemicals and sand underground to \u201cfracture\u201d open fissures in deep rock to improve the flow of gas and oil. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did some well testing in March 2009 and again in January 2010, but to date, they haven\u2019t released any results.<\/p>\n