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Search Submit SELECT A CATEGORY CLOSE MENU Nav Menu 2 Navigation Email the Bookstore FAQ Nav Menu 4 Nav Menu 5 Nav Menu 6 Nav Menu 7 Nav Menu 8 SC-012: TWON: Hydraulic Fracturing and Your Drinking Water Well Our Price: $0.50 210550, 15; 250550, 85; Publication Date: 2014 Aug Email: l-redmon@tamu.edu Quantity in Stock:740 Product Code: SC-012 Qty: Description Under current regulations and when the drilling process is managed properly, hydraulic fracturing is unlikely to harm your well water. However, the owner of a private water well who uses it as a source of drinking water is responsible for ensuring that the water is safe for consumption. Because the quality of well water can change, private well owners should have a water sample tested to serve as a baseline and then test periodically thereafter (typically once a year) to monitor the quality of water in their wells. This publication lists the recommended tests for water from wells near natural gas or oil development wells. 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