“The Department investigation indicates that gas well drilling has impacted your water supply.”
Read Laura Legere’s investigative report on damage to PA water supplies.
Read how poor record-keeping by PA DEP blocks transparency.
Read our post on Stray Natural Gas Migration Associated with Oil and Gas Wells.
Public Herald Finds PA DEP Fracking Complaint Investigations Are “Cooked” & Shredded.
This list identifies cases where PA DEP determined that a private water supply was impacted by oil and gas activities.
Despite the oft-repeated gas industry canard that there are no confirmed cases of fracking contaminating water supplies, the following Determination Letters from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection clearly state that “gas well drilling” has contaminated wells in Bradford County, in municipalities such as Granville, Tuscarora, Terry, Orwell, Wilmot and Monroe Townships, and in Alba Boro.
Many of the letters posted below were obtained by Right to Know requests to the PA DEP filed by Vera Scroggins of “Citizens for Clean Water” located in Susquehanna County, others are from the PA DEP response to the Scranton Times lawsuit, additional releases of Determination Letters and letters given directly to DCS (all redacted).
Alba Boro, Bradford County
- Alba Boro – 1_31_11 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Alba Boro – 1_3_11 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Alba Boro, December 6, 2010
- Alba Boro – 12_6_10 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- CO274977_Redacted.pdf
- CO275203_Redacted.pdf
- CO275992_Redacted.pdf
- CO276819_Redacted.pdf
Allegany Township, Potter County
Armenia Township, Bradford County
Asylum Township, Bradford County
Bingham Township, Potter County
Bradford County
Bradford Township, McKean County
- CO256043_Redacted.pdf
- CO261036_Redacted.pdf
- CO261766_Redacted.pdf
- CO261976_Redacted.pdf
- CO261977_Redacted.pdf
- CO261978_Redacted.pdf
- CO263963_Redacted.pdf
- CO264898_Redacted.pdf
- CO267519-268448-1_Redacted.pdf
- CO267519-268448_Redacted.pdf
- CO271422_Redacted.pdf
- CO272948_Redacted.pdf
- CO277438_Redacted.pdf
Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County
Burlington Township, Bradford County
Charleston Township, Tioga County
Cherry Hill Township, Indiana County
Clover Township, Jefferson County
Clymer Township, Tioga County
Covington Township, Tioga County
Corydon Township, McKean County
Cranberry Township, Venango County
Cross Creek Township, Washington County
Delmar Township, Tioga County
Dimock Township, Susquehanna County
- Dimock Twp – 9_16_08 -Susquhanna Cty
- CO258482-1_Redacted.pdf – Consent Order and Settlement between PA DEP and Cabot Oil and Gas Corp.
- CO258482_Redacted.pdf
- CO289029_Redacted.pdf
- CO294619_Redacted.pdf
Donegal Township, Westmoreland County
East Wheatfield Township, Indiana County
Elk Township, Clarion County
Elkland Township, Sullivan County
Forks Township, Sullivan County
Forward Township, Butler County
Foster Township, McKean County
- CO252818_Redacted.pdf
- CO258483_Redacted.pdf
- CO260916_Redacted.pdf
- CO262683_Redacted.pdf
- CO276220_Redacted.pdf
- CO294947_Redacted.pdf
Franklin Township, Lycoming County
Glade Township, Warren County
Granville Township, Bradford County
Grugan Township, Clinton County
Gulich Township, Clearfield County
Hamilton Township, McKean County
Hayfield Township, Crawford County
Hickory Township, Forest County
- CO253478_Redacted.pdf
- CO272189_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-1_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-2_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-3_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-4_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-5_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-6_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-7_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-8_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-9_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-10_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-11_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776-12_Redacted.pdf
- CO276776_Redacted.pdf
- CO276823_Redacted.pdf
Howe Township, Forest County
Jefferson Township, Fayette County
Jessup Township, Susquehanna County
Jones Township, Elk County
Kingsley Township, Forest County
Knox Township, Jefferson County
- CO259354-261083_Redacted.pdf
- CO262648-1_Redacted.pdf
- CO262648_Redacted.pdf
- CO262771_Redacted.pdf
- CO265297_Redacted.pdf
Lafayette Township, McKean County
Lenox Township, Susquehanna County
- Lenox Twp 9_11_12 – Susquhanna Cty
- Lenox Twp 3_2_12 – Susquhanna Cty
- Lenox Twp 10_11_11 – Susquhanna Cty
- Lenox Twp 9_21_11 – Susquhanna Cty
- CO258959_Redacted.pdf
- CO258960_Redacted.pdf
- CO282431_Redacted.pdf
- CO290453_Redacted.pdf
- CO297823_Redacted.pdf
- CO297824_Redacted.pdf
- CO297825_Redacted.pdf
Leroy Township, Bradford County
- Leroy Twp 1 – 8_13_12 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Leroy Twp 2 – 8_13_12 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Leroy Twp 3 – 8_13_12 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Leroy Twp 4 – 8_13_12 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- CO289642_Redacted.pdf
- CO290009_Redacted.pdf
- CO290279_Redacted.pdf
- CO291156_Redacted.pdf
Limestone Township, Clarion County
Madison Township, Clarion County
McKean County
- NW-ORDER-1_Redacted.pdf – Order from PA DEP to Schreiner Oil and Gas, Inc.
McNett Township, Lycoming County
Mead Township, Warren County
Meshoppen Township, Wyoming County
Millcreek Township, Erie County
Monroe Township, Bradford County
- Monroe Township, December 3, 2010
- Monroe Twp – 12_3_10 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- CO275833_Redacted.pdf
- CO275834_Redacted.pdf
Moreland, Lycoming County
- CO280020_Redacted.pdf
- CO280219_Redacted.pdf
- CO282304_Redacted.pdf
- CO286295_Redacted.pdf
- CO286490_Redacted.pdf
- CO286491_Redacted.pdf
- CO286658_Redacted.pdf
- CO293067_Redacted.pdf
Nicholson Township, Wyoming County
Oakland Township, Venango County
Oil Creek Township, Crawford County
Oliver Township, Jefferson County
Orwell Township, Bradford County
- Orwell Twp – 8_22_11 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Orwell Township, November 7, 2011
- CO273868_Redacted.pdf
- CO280698_Redacted.pdf
Pleasant Township, Warren County
Porter Township, Clarion County
Pulaski Township, Lawrence County
- CO290406-1_Redacted.pdf
- CO290406-2_Redacted.pdf
- CO290406_Redacted.pdf
- CO290406-3(289744)_Redacted.pdf
Rush Township, Susquehanna County
Sheffield Township, Warren County
Shippen Township, Tioga County
Smithfield Township, Bradford County
Spring Township, Crawford County
Springfield Township, Bradford County
Springville Township, Susquehanna County
Stevens Township, Bradford County
Sugar Grove Township, Warren County
Terry Township, Bradford County
- Terry Twp – 12_7_10 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Terry Township 1, October 1, 2010
- Terry Township 2, October 1, 2010
- Terry Twp – 10_1_10 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- CO269945_Redacted.pdf
- CO273310_Redacted.pdf
- CO273310-1_Redacted.pdf
- CO273310-2_Redacted.pdf
- CO273350_Redacted.pdf
- CO273403_Redacted.pdf
- CO276069_Redacted.pdf
Toby Township, Clarion County
Troy Township, Bradford County
Tuscarora Township, Bradford County
- Tuscarora Township, March 25, 2011
- Tuscarora Township, March 7, 2011
- CO274088-CO274465_Redacted.pdf
- CO274348_Redacted.pdf
Union Township, Tioga County
Warren Township, Bradford County
Warsaw Township, Jefferson County
Washington Township, Wyoming County
Waterford Township, Erie County
West Burlington Township, Bradford County
- West Burlington Twp 1 – 6_18_12 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- West Burlington Twp 2 – 6_18_12 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- West Burlington Twp 3 – 6_18_12 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- West Burlington Twp 4 – 6_18_12 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- CO272059_Redacted.pdf
- CO277315_Redacted.pdf
- CO277902_Redacted.pdf
- CO286642_Redacted.pdf
- CO286643_Redacted.pdf
West Mahoning Township, Indiana County
West Pike Run Township, Washington County
West Wheatfield Township, Indiana County
Wilmot Township, Bradford County
- Wilmot Twp- 3_25_13 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Wilmot Twp – 5_16_11 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Wilmot Township, November 10, 2010
- Wilmot Twp 1 – 11_10_10 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Wilmot Twp 2 – 11_10_10 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Wilmot Twp 3 – 11_10_10 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Wilmot Twp 4 – 11_10_10 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- Wilmot Twp 5 – 11_10_10 – Bradford Cty.pdf
- CO274484-1_Redacted.pdf
- CO274484-2_Redacted.pdf
- CO274484-3_Redacted.pdf
- CO274484-4_Redacted.pdf
- CO274484-5_Redacted.pdf
- CO274484-6_Redacted.pdf
- CO274484_Redacted.pdf
- CO279070_Redacted.pdf
- CO294115_Redacted.pdf
Windham Township, Bradford County
Winfield Township, Butler County
Winslow Township, Jefferson County
Woodcock Township, Crawford County
Wyalusing Township, Bradford County
Wysox Township, Bradford County
