Action Needed: Recent Nominations put Piedmont Lake in danger.
Two new fracking nominations – 26-DNR-0004 and 26-DNR-0005 – will open another 1,600 acres of Egypt Valley Wildlife Area to oil and gas extraction.
These nominations aren’t just about gas.
They’re about our water.
Comments are due March 15.
Fracking uses massive amounts of fresh water that is locally sourced. Very little of this water can ever return to the natural water cycle. Instead, nearly all of it must be injected underground for storage, never returning to streams, lakes, or our drinking water.
Our research shows that at least 1.9 billion gallons of our fresh water will be used to frack the already approved nominations throughout the state. This water is taken directly out of our watersheds.
Any new nomination, such as those in Egypt Valley, only adds to those gallons. Each well pad requires tens of millions of gallons of water. Further fracking will forever change the make-up and access to fresh water here in Ohio.
Egypt Valley is still healing from decades of strip mining. Adding new extraction will only reverse the years of restoration that have gone into the wildlife area by putting Piedmont Lake in danger.
Please tell the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission that Ohio public lands are meant to nourish – not frack.Go to the Nomination Comment Form and submit comments opposing EACH nomination 26-DNR-0004 and 26-DNR-0005.
You are welcome to use our sample comment below, but please edit it to make it your own. Tell a story about your experience in Ohio parks or wildlife areas, and explain why protecting Ohio’s public lands is important to you.
Sample Comment
I strongly oppose Nominations 26-DNR-0004 and 26-DNR-0005 to allow fracking of Egypt Valley Wildlife Area.
Fracking consumes tens of millions of gallons of water per each well pad, which permanently removes it from the natural water cycle. It becomes toxic waste which is stored underground, risking groundwater and agricultural contamination.
Fracking Egypt Valley would put the pristine Piedmont Lake at risk. I urge the commission to protect our water and deny this nomination.
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