Inside Scoop Vol. 3

In my BCM 419 class, Sustainable Construction, we watch a lot of short films and talk about sustainability in the United States, as well as, the World. The concern that I am going to talk about today is a practice that could potentially contaminate all of the water in the United States by the year 2050. Here is a few words outlining the movie:

"The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire.”

Before watching this movie, I had never heard anything about this subject. It disturbs me, and it should you too. Going along with their drinking water catching on fire, in Pennsylvania, there was a home where their drinking well exploded because of the contamination of the groundwater. There are many people throughout the country that have to have huge tanks for their water because all the water is contaminated around them. That is ridiculous that trucks have to bring in water to residents homes each week just so that they have clean water to drink and bate with. Workers and owners of Halliburton truly feel that they are not doing anything wrong and deny that their drilling procedures are safe to the animals and people around the area. I encourage you guys to watch the youtube video that I am going to attach. If change does not occur, this could be the future of the United States water supply. 

 
Tyler Calder