Sunday, June 24, 2012

Quispam Mayor Says No Fracking

The town of Quispamsis doesn't have a problem with seismic testing for shale gas and that's not why it wants a ban, according to Mayor Murray Driscoll.


"It's when they come to fracturing to find shale gas. That's the difficulty and of in our town, we have 6,000 wells with 3 major ones to look after our water supply for the entire community."


Driscoll says the town opposes anything that would jeopardise the integrity of those wells. Driscoll tells us when they come up with a method for extracting the natural gas which doesn't pose a risk to drinking water from wells, the town will have another look.