Water Well Problems in FT, Too
By ANNE HOLLIDAY
WESB/WBRR News Director
Some Foster Township residents seem to be having a problem Hedgehog Lane residents have been dealing with for months – oil and gas drilling affecting their water wells.
Interstate Parkway resident Joe Piganelli told Foster Township Supervisors Monday night that the water in his neighbor's well turned brown, but DEP told him his well had gone bad. However, it went bad the day fracking was done in the area.
Piganelli asked that the supervisors contact the drilling company.
"If the three of you got a hold of US Energy and said 'Hey, what the heck's going on?' … We had pristine water and now it's garbage. Pretty soon you'll be able to drink out of your sewer better than you can your water."
Jim Connelly suggested the supervisors attend the next Bradford Township Supervisors meeting because DEP has been attending those meetings to deal with residents concerns about how drilling has affected water on Hedgehog Lane.
Piganelli also raised several concerns about drilling company trucks and what they're doing on the roads.
One concern is speeding.
"They're going fast up there at 2, 3, 4, 5 o'clock in the morning," he said. "And I'll tell ya – they're raising hell."
Another concern he has is the drivers using Jake Brakes when they come down the hill.
He also said they're leaving mud on the road, which could be dangerous. He specifically mentioned driving out of Allegany State Park when it's raining.
"If you hit that mud that they've left there … When I worked for Halliburton we had to clean up the highway," he said, adding that if they came out of the woods and had mud and dirt all over their trucks they had to clean the road.
"There's no reason they can't do that," he said.
Also Monday night, supervisors reminded residents that if they're going to repave their driveways, they need a permit.
Supervisor Chairman Bob Slike said the reason for the permit "is not to make a buck or anything off of it. It's to make sure that driveway is put it so in the wintertime the plows don't gouge it out.
Supervisors said it's the homeowner's responsibility to get the permit, but the contractor should know enough to ask if they have one.
Also, township resident Bill Moore asked supervisors night about the status of the proposed Board of Health.
He wanted to know if it's possible for the board – if it's formed – to look into the health effects of opening burning.
Doctors Jill Owens, Richard Freeman and Anita Herbert would be on the board, which has been proposed to handle health emergencies such as an epidemic of a contagious disease.
WESB/WBRR News Director
Some Foster Township residents seem to be having a problem Hedgehog Lane residents have been dealing with for months – oil and gas drilling affecting their water wells.
Interstate Parkway resident Joe Piganelli told Foster Township Supervisors Monday night that the water in his neighbor's well turned brown, but DEP told him his well had gone bad. However, it went bad the day fracking was done in the area.
Piganelli asked that the supervisors contact the drilling company.
"If the three of you got a hold of US Energy and said 'Hey, what the heck's going on?' … We had pristine water and now it's garbage. Pretty soon you'll be able to drink out of your sewer better than you can your water."
Jim Connelly suggested the supervisors attend the next Bradford Township Supervisors meeting because DEP has been attending those meetings to deal with residents concerns about how drilling has affected water on Hedgehog Lane.
Piganelli also raised several concerns about drilling company trucks and what they're doing on the roads.
One concern is speeding.
"They're going fast up there at 2, 3, 4, 5 o'clock in the morning," he said. "And I'll tell ya – they're raising hell."
Another concern he has is the drivers using Jake Brakes when they come down the hill.
He also said they're leaving mud on the road, which could be dangerous. He specifically mentioned driving out of Allegany State Park when it's raining.
"If you hit that mud that they've left there … When I worked for Halliburton we had to clean up the highway," he said, adding that if they came out of the woods and had mud and dirt all over their trucks they had to clean the road.
"There's no reason they can't do that," he said.
Also Monday night, supervisors reminded residents that if they're going to repave their driveways, they need a permit.
Supervisor Chairman Bob Slike said the reason for the permit "is not to make a buck or anything off of it. It's to make sure that driveway is put it so in the wintertime the plows don't gouge it out.
Supervisors said it's the homeowner's responsibility to get the permit, but the contractor should know enough to ask if they have one.
Also, township resident Bill Moore asked supervisors night about the status of the proposed Board of Health.
He wanted to know if it's possible for the board – if it's formed – to look into the health effects of opening burning.
Doctors Jill Owens, Richard Freeman and Anita Herbert would be on the board, which has been proposed to handle health emergencies such as an epidemic of a contagious disease.
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