FracDump.mpg

Caught this guy dumping Frac Fluid on Rt 19 approximately 4 miles north of Washington, PA. He was parked and out of the truck with water running when I drove by. I had my video camera because I was on my way to my son's hockey game at Bethel Park. When he saw me stop and search for my camera, he shut the water off, got in his truck and drove away. This was Sunday morning around 9:39 am on the 5th of December 2010. I called the PA DEP and registered a complaint.

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Sports

Tags:

• Frac Dump
• Frac Water
• Illegal dumping
• hydraulic fracturing
• waste water
• flow back

[lewisforwv]

Guess what? Test results are back. It wasn't fresh water.

Call Steve M. Toprani, District Attorney of Washington, PA. Ask him to refer the case to the Attorney General.

Washington County Courthouse

Suite 1003

1 South Main Street

Washington, PA 15301

Phone: (724) 228-6790

Fax: (724) 250-6515

[lewisforwv]

And Why won't that happen mr bman? Because TRUTH is defense to defamation and slander. So maybe it's the bait that is needed to prove what I already know. So bring it on....

[lewisforwv]

What is your name, address and phone number? I would like to talk to you more about your statements and contentions.

[lewisforwv]

List of Equipment (from company website)

Vac Tanks 2 Frack Out Tanks

[lewisforwv]

List of Vacuum Trucks from Company website:

Vac Trucks 1 Ford Single Axle 1 Freightliner Tandem 2 Kenworth Tandem 1 Sterling Tandem 1 Mack Tandem 2 Peterbuilts Tandem

[lewisforwv]

Services (from the company website)

Our List of services include (click on service for gallery):

MAINLINE/REHAB/MAINTENANCE

DIRECTIONAL DRILLING

DISTRIBUTION/ TELECOMMUNICATIONS

STATIONS/ METER RUNS

[klfspeed]

Boy you sure a smart guy looks like know bout everything bout this stuff sure is alot nice info about midwest you found like anyone can but maybe one thing you over look is that is a water truck not vac truck there is a difference n a water truck at a water shed wow what are the chances of that maybe u should get a fine for that parking job that a pretty busy road could have caused an accident sounds like a great place to dump stuff u r an idiot!!!

[MrBman129]

Just to let people know, Directional Drilling has nothing to do with drilling for natural gas or oil. It is a means to get utilities from one side of an obstruction to the other. Like under a river or interstate or wetland. No toxic chemicals are used in this process. If I was going to offload something illegally I could find alot better spot than along side a busy 4 lane highway.

[jdcatskinner]

that truck is not a oil field truck and he did not dump frac water and i will bet my life on that

[bowaconstricto]

if your going to run around w/ a camera, at least do something useful like filming cops when they fuck up our citizens..as for this driver, he probably was just eating a sandwich or something, if he was going to unload a bunch of toxic shit he wouldnt dream of doing it on the side of a highway! he would get fired, and there would be alot more fluid on the ground than what seemed to be about 2 galons.....but for real though, you should start watching the pigs

[rozpoznawaniemowy]

good job

[nathan9383]

@avick84 If you're asking me to rationalize why it's done, I have no response. I don't understand why either. Maybe it's not always as cost effective as you say, maybe some people are just douchebags, I don't know. The point is that it has happened. PA DEP wouldn't 'urge' businesses to stop putting the produced water through ill-equiped water treatment plants for no reason. Why can't you just accept the fact that it has happened and people haven't always been held acountable?

[avick84]

@nathan9383 The only water we put through water treatment is drill mud and that even goes back into the fracs. help me understand the benefits of discarding frac fluids back into water ways... even if it was legal.. help me understand what the benefits are.. maybe we just know something that all the other companies dont, that frac fluid is reusable.. but, why reuse it when you can risk being fined/shutdown and go buy new fresh water at a premium?

[nathan9383]

@avick84 There is a difference between the 'major player' you work for and all the companies at work in the region. You can't speak on behalf of everyone, it would only be 'hear-say.' It simply isn't true that 100% of all produced water from every well is recycled. Water treatment plants have been taking the water and putting it back into the rivers, those being the most transparent cases. I speak based on the first-hand accounts of people who live there, people I have personally met with.

[avick84]

@nathan9383 Well nathan, I already have my facts straight.. I am employed by the water broker of a major player in the marcellus shale.. I can assure you that this major player does not discard ANY frac fluid and that all produced water is reused in future fracs. See... the difference between you and I is that you speak based on hear-say, where as I speak based on experience. The only destination for produced water, is the next frac site. The decals are enforced, it is a liability for us.

[nathan9383]

@avick84 is this some sort of joke? 'never discarded'? It is well documented that not ALL produced water is reused. Some is, maybe even the majority, but not all. Get your facts straight. As far as the signs/decals go. Yes, they are supposed to, but not all trucks are. Afterall, who's checking every truck? Get your 'facts' straight.

[PJTIMMINS]

@MrBman129. I try not to make generalizations about things nor do I like to make comments without facts, therefore I can't say what that truck driver was dumping and it very well could have been water. However, the its seems you either work for the gas drilling companies or have been grossly misinformed about the facts. Fact: directional drilling IS used in the process of extracting natural gas from shale formations. Fact: toxic chemicals are used in the process of directional drilling.

[Rauterkus]

Keep those cameras handy!