it's barnesville ohio, population 4141. when fracking came it brought new jobs and new opportunity but now series concerns about its impact on the town's water. bisi onile-ere reports. >> reporter: what did you see last fall? >> i saw the lowest water levels i've ever seen and i've lived here most of my life. >> joann lives right off the reservoir, providing water for the small town of barnesville ohio. it also serves as a source of water for ohio's burgeoning oil industry. >> i used to be able to only hear the creek like today through yard. but there are lots of times where it often feels like i'm next to an airport. >> reporter: and when water levels dropped to a dangerous level after a dry year last year she became concerned. >> we need water to sphierve. i know the industry has to have it but i wish -- to survive but i wish they could find it somewhere else. >> gulfport energy a fracking company. >> they recently offered me $7,000 an acre. >> how many acres do you have? >> i have four, i have a leaking roof and my water

this creek, which provide drinking water to over 30,000 living in or near the small town of barnesville ohio. it serves as a place for the emerging energy industry. >> i feel the vibrations. it keeps me up. i used to just hear the creek, like today. but there's a lot of times now where it feels like i'm next to an airport. >> reporter: when water levels dropped to dangerous levels after a dry summer this person became concerned. >> we need water to survive. i know the industry has to have it. i wish they could find it somewhere else and leave the reservoir alone. it's ours. >> reporter: fracking provided the village with millions of dollars, new jobs and some made money through land lease agreements. there's growing concerns about the negative impact of fracking which some environmentalists linked to water contamination and earthquakes across the country. in 2012 the village of barnesville signed a contract allowing gulf port to buy water from slope creek reservoir to drilling operations. the village made a second deal in 2014. with another fracking country, to draw water from the same sourc