Visual Environmental Education Guide Marcellus Shale in the Lower Susquehanna Valley.

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Visual Environmental Education Guide Marcellus Shale in the Lower Susquehanna Valley

The Marcellus Shale Spread in the North East Thecubenews.com

Local counties in Marcellus Shale Belt: Mifflin, Snyder, Northumberland, Union, and Montour pennsylvaniamentor.org

Well Site Distribution Throughout Pennsylvania

Pad Site in Rural Pennsylvania

Infrastructure Required for Drilling

Formation of Marcellus Shale Formed during Devonian Age Trapped between two layers of limestone Found 2,500-7,500 feet below the surface

Reaching the Shale: How Hydraulic Fracturing Works

Casing Design for Drilling Sites

Potential Risks: Damage to Roadways Thousands of trips per well per day

Leechate of Frack- Water

Images from Gasland Potential Risks: Quality of released frack water - Water containing methane from fracking is highly flammable

Frac water samples from left to right: EPS treated water sample, raw water sample, and EPS treated and filtered water sample. Composition of Frack- Fluid

Local Industry Enters Town Sunbury Generation Plant

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