markwsmith

Thanks for your input Vern.

Verne Hicks

Whether it is all DEP or a combined DEP-local effort, someone needs to publicize a plan for immediate, emergency response should ground water contamination occur. This is a known risk with this form of gas exploration. I'd like to know that if I wake up one morning to a contaminated well I have someone to contact who can supply clean water as soon as possible. No one should have to purchase water for days, weeks, or months while waiting for validation that a water supply was contaminated by drilling (a common sense assessment always contested by the exploration companies).