August 19, 2008--Resident fears drilling is contaminating creek-again--(Aspen Daily News)
A woman who lives south of Silt says she believes gas drilling is causing chemicals to seep into a nearby creek, resulting in a problem similar to one four years ago that led to the biggest fine the state had ever handed to an energy company. Bracken said she believes she’s seen signs of a new gas seep in West Divide Creek, near one that occurred in 2004 when regulators determined problems at an EnCana well caused gas to escape underground and percolate into the ground water.
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