Fracking Decline

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Fracking Could Decline New York States Agriculture Agriculture production is responsible for contributing over four billion dollars to the New York State economy. More than twenty-three percent of the state’s land is required to produce the array of food products that keep it thriving. A portion of the land New York State depends on for Agriculture is being targeted for fracking. New York State covers a vast area over the Marcellus shale deposit and the oil and gas companies are targeting the land in order to place natural gas wells. Agricultural in New York State could decline rapidly due to polluted air, contaminated water, and destruction of soil caused by the fracking process. In many oil and gas producing regions air pollution increases where fracking is permitted. Chemical based pollutants are emitted causing ground-level ozone the main ingredient in smog to rise. Agricultural crops can…show more content…
It is difficult to pin the contamination directly on fracking, but the possibility that chemicals and natural gas could mix with water sources is overwhelming. Each gas well will need millions of gallons of water per well to shatter shale and release the natural gas trapped thousands of feet underground. The Majority of the water used in fracking remains underground where it can potentially leak into and contaminate underground water sources. Whereas, a portion of the water, better known as wastewater, returns to the surface, where it can contaminate nearby water sources if not disposed of properly. Unlike the water used for agriculture purposes that remains a part of the water cycle, water used for fracking cannot be recycled. Wastewater must be transported by truck to an undisclosed location and given the traffic conditions in New York State an accident involving a one of these trucks could cause wastewater to be released onto

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