Pa. pushes drillers to frack with coal mine water

Published March 17, 2013 6:09pm ET



Each day, 300 million gallons of polluted mine water enters Pennsylvania streams and rivers, turning many of them into dead zones unable to support aquatic life.

At the same time, drilling companies use up to 5 million gallons of fresh water for every natural-gas well they frack.

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