Pavillion report tentatively to be released this year
The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission says it hopes to file a report about well bore integrity in Pavillion by the end of the year. The report will be part of a larger effort to figure out...
View ArticleWY initiates its Pavillion investigation
As the state initiates its investigation of water quality issues in Pavillion, two state agencies plan to review existing data before deciding how to proceed. The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation...
View ArticleCistern program for Pavillion may need additional funds
A cistern installation project for Pavillion-area residents may need more funds from the legislature. The state allocated $750,000 dollars to install clean water cisterns for households with polluted...
View ArticleSmall Emission Sources Could Mean Big Pollution, But No One’s Counting
Some landowners with oil and gas wells on their property complain about emissions affecting their air quality and health. But though there may be a lot of wells, they’re considered small facilities, so...
View ArticlePavillion Cistern Program To Receive Money For Water Delivery
Governor Matt Mead is committing $400,000 dollars for water delivery to households with cisterns in the Pavillion area. Residents have long complained of unusable well water, which some blame on nearby...
View ArticleWater Deliveries Begin To Pavillion
A program to provide clean water to residents of Pavillion will get underway in the next week. The town has problems with contaminated well water, which some attribute to nearby oil and gas...
View ArticleState Will Release Draft And Final Pavillion Reports
The state says it will release both the draft and final versions of reports investigating water contamination in Pavillion. The clarification comes after landowners wrote a letter to Governor Matt Mead...
View ArticleReport Finds No Problems With Pavillion Gas Wells
There’s no link between gas wells and groundwater contamination near Pavillion, according to a draft study out Wednesday from the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. It’s the first of three...
View ArticleMore Study Needed Into Pavillion Waste Pits, State Says
The State has released the second of three reports into the cause of groundwater contamination outside the town of Pavillion, in Fremont County. Many suspect that nearby oil and gas development is...
View ArticleCasper Star-Tribune Questions Scope Of Pavillion Investigation
Four years ago this week, the town of Pavillion, Wyoming was launched into the national debate over fracking when the Environmental Protection Agency released a draft study linking the practice to...
View ArticleState Concludes Fracking Not To Blame In Pavillion
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality has concluded groundwater contamination in the Pavillion area is unlikely to have been caused by hydraulic fracturing. Pavillion emerged at the center of...
View ArticleEPA Questions State Conclusions In Pavillion Contamination Study
In a December report , the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality concluded that fracking is likely not to blame for water problems in the Pavillion area. The Environmental Protection Agency, in...
View ArticleFracking Caused Groundwater Contamination In Pavillion, Study Concludes
Hydraulic fracturing or fracking has contaminated water resources in the Pavillion area, according to a new study from Stanford University. Dominic DiGiulio, the lead author of the study, also wrote...
View ArticleScientific Advisors Criticize EPA's Fracking Study
The Environmental Protection Agency’s scientific advisors say the agency did not sufficiently justify its conclusion that fracking has not caused “widespread, systemic” groundwater contamination. When...
View ArticleFinal Report Rules Out Fracking In Pavillion Water Contamination, But Not Oil...
After a three year, $900,000 investigation, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality has concluded fracking did not cause water contamination in Pavillion . But the agency has not ruled out...
View ArticleDEQ Will Take More Water Samples At Pavillion
It was standing room only at the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s public meeting Thursday, where the agency discussed the state’s final Pavillion groundwater contamination report. During...
View ArticleEPA Says Fracking Can Impact Water Resources
The Environmental Protection Agency has reversed a previous finding that fracking did not cause “widespread, systemic” harm to drinking water in the United States. In its final report on the issue, the...
View ArticlePlugged, Abandoned Wells In Pavillion May Still Have Issues
Pavillion homeowner John Fenton is questioning whether abandoned wells near his home were properly addressed to eliminate contamination. The Fremont County town has been plagued since 2008 with...
View ArticleForum To Update and Discuss Ongoing Issues With Pavillion Contamination
Scientists and landowners are gathering in Riverton Thursday night to discuss ongoing issues in the Pavillion gas fields. There have been signs of oil and gas components detected in water wells and...
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