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No. They are not required to test your water. However, there is huge incentive to test any water well within a 1,000 feet of their gas well. In that zone, the gas company is “Presumed Responsible” (i.e., guilty until proven innocent) for drinking water contamination unless they have conducted a pre-drill test that clears them. Testing a well outside of 1,000 feet would be at their discretion.
Conflict: if the gas company tests your water, they're better off if your water is dirty Consider a water test with a split sample. Your independent representative takes a sample at the same time as the gas drilling company, verifying the accuracy of their test results. [Cabot] does not want to release the 2008 water tests because they contain private information about landowners -- Cabot spokesman George Stark, September 16, 2010 |