West Divide Creek
February 23, 2009--Oil, gas panel to revisit concerns about seep in water south of Silt (Grand Junction Sentinel)
After natural gas from an EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) well bubbled to the surface of West Divide Creek in 2004, the commission fined the company $371,200 and imposed a moratorium on drilling in the area, wh
February 17, 2009--Divide Creek seep should halt drilling in area, citizen says (Grand Junction Sentinel)
Lisa Bracken is calling on Garfield County commissioners to ask the state to reinstitute a drilling moratorium in the area where natural gas from drilling leaked to surface waters in 2004.
November 11, 2008--Methane increasing in water wells near Silt, Rifle, consultant says (Aspen Times)
An analysis of about 700 water samples from 100 water wells and other water sources south of Silt and Rifle shows an increasing presence of methane, according to a consultant who reviewed the data.
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.
