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Hydraulic fracturing components in Marcellus groundwater likely from surface operations, not wells

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imageA fracking well injects large volumes of water, chemicals and sand to fracture rock. 128012869@N08/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

US natural gas production increased by 42% between 2005 and 2014, largely due to recent advances in horizontal drilling and high volume hydraulic fracturing. One of the largest natural gas reservoirs in the US, the Marcellus...

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