a young woman from silt laura amos was one of the earliest and loudest voices. as everyone in this room probably knows my groundwater has been contaminated with methane williamsport gets a lot of people in this room with contamination and pollution issues so who then is responsible to me for the out that loss of my welfare if it's not you the gas commission if a well is drilled next to your residence or near your residence within the legal setbacks and there's the perceived or real impact on your property value 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 fizz like soda pop. the colorado oil and gas conservation commission tested the water well and found methane but said it was safe but they warn the amas is to keep a window over. and so the methane gas wouldn't build up and cause an explosion in their home the amos's stopped drinking the water but continue