{"id":6655,"date":"2012-04-27T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6655"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:19:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:19:51","slug":"protecting-ground-water-from-fracking-minimum-distance-recommended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/04\/27\/protecting-ground-water-from-fracking-minimum-distance-recommended\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Ground Water from Fracking, Minimum Distance Recommended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Drilling-Gas-Wells.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6656\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/04\/27\/protecting-ground-water-from-fracking-minimum-distance-recommended\/drilling-gas-wells\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Drilling-Gas-Wells.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,334\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drilling Gas Wells\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Drilling Gas Wells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Drilling-Gas-Wells-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Drilling-Gas-Wells.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6656\" title=\"Drilling Gas Wells\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Drilling-Gas-Wells.jpg\" alt=\"Drilling Gas Wells\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Drilling-Gas-Wells.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Drilling-Gas-Wells-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study from Durham University recommends hydraulic fracturing operations maintain a minimum distance of 600 meters from ground water and other sensitive rock strata.<\/p>\n<p>Fracking has been implicated in several instances of contamination of ground water resources, but few studies have been done by independent groups to determine how to go about fracking safely.<\/p>\n<p>[repostus hash=f0d92f53cf6cf119f58ef9a48fa6d5cd title=Minimum+Distance+Urged+To+Protect+Sensitive+Rock+Strata+From+Fracking host=redOrbit short=1a0fs 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