Alberta Finds Mismanagement of Errors Causes Fracking Water Contamination

Carol Linnitt | Alberta Finds Mismanagement of Errors Causes Fracking Water Contamination

desmogblog.com 22 Dec '12, 7pm

Alberta Finds Mismanagement of Errors Causes Fracking Water Contamination

"There is no amount of regulation that can overcome human error," said Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) spokesman Darin Barter . ERCB released an investigation report that cites inadequate management of risks as one of the main causes of a September 2011 accident that contaminated groundwater with toxic hydraulic fracturing chemicals, including the cancer causing agent known as BTEX (benzene, toulene, ethylbenzene, and xylene). The incident occurred near Grande Prairie in northern Alberta when Crew Energy and GasFrac Energy Services workers failed to "recognize and properly assess a number of issues that led to the perforation and fracturing above the base of groundwater protection," according to the report. Workers accidentally fracked directly into an underground water table after a series of mishandled errors resulted in a massively bungled frack job...

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