Description: This layer consists of viewer submitted form data describing suspected incidents of groundwater contamination by oil and gas extraction and related industries. The locations have been determined using the centroids or geometric center-points of the zip code in which the suspected incident occurred. If you are aware of additional incidents, please submit them at
http://www.fractracker.org/projects/waterform/
Copyright Text: US Map of Suspected Well Water Impact project, FracTracker Alliance
Description: This data layer includes hazardous liquid pipeline incidents that were indicated as resulting in groundwater contamination between 1/1/2010 and 3/29/2013. The data were obtained by the US Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The data have been altered by the FracTracker Alliance in that it only includes incidents leading to groundwater contamination, and by the removal of several dozen columns of data about the incident.
Copyright Text: PHMSA, modified by FracTracker Alliance
Description: Amy Mall of the Natural Resources Defense Council compiled a list of 37 incidents where hydraulic fracturing is suspected of contributing to groundwater contamination. The list was compiled in December 2011, and each entry is linked to news reports of the event. This data was mapped by the FracTracker Alliance based on the centroids or geographic center-points of the municipality, county, or state of the incident, depending on the best information available.
Name: List of the Harmed Suspected Water Incidents
Display Field: Names
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPoint
Description: Jenny Lisak, co-director of the Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Water and Air, maintains a list of people claiming to be harmed by hydraulic fracturing or related processes, called the List of the Harmed. This data layer is based on the February 23, 2013 update of the list. This data was mapped by the FracTracker Alliance based on the centroids or geographic center-points of the municipality, county, or state of the incident, depending on the best information available.
Description: This layer consists of events where the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division determined that substances from oil and gas pits contaminated groundwater. Altogether, there are 369 incidents included in the data. The document on which this map was based was published in 2008.
Copyright Text: New Mexico Oil Conservation Division
Description: Complaints of groundwater contamination to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) for oil and gas related incidents. Laura Legere of the Scranton Times-Tribune submitted a Right-to-Know request to obtain this data. This data was then mapped by FracTracker Alliance using the geographic centroids of the municipalities where the complaints occurred. This version of the data includes a count of the complaints by municipality in the “Complaints” data column.