a young woman from sils laura amos was one of the earliest and loudest voices. as everyone in this room probably knows my ground water has been contaminated with methane williamsport yes a lot of people in this room with contamination and pollution issues so who then is responsible to me for that that loss of my welfare if it's not you the gas commission if a well is drilled next to your residence order near your residence within the legal setbacks and there's a perceived or real impact on the property value and we don't address that in two thousand and one gas wells were drilled using the fracking technique a mere five hundred feet from the amos home. underground the drilling breached their water well causing their drinking water to fill with gray sediment and is like soda pop. the colorado oil and gas conservation commission tested the water well and found methane and said it was safe for they warned the emesis to keep a window open so the methane gas wouldn't build up and cause an explosion in their home they amos's stopped drinking the water but continued to