Researcher struggles with funding after study supports use of fracking

A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati found fracking does not cause groundwater contamination, but now those researchers are having trouble finding funding to continue their work.

Amy Townsend-Small, an assistant professor of geology at University of Cincinnati, led a three-year monitoring study of private drinking wells in Carroll County, Ohio. The study, which was a graduate student’s thesis paper, monitored drinking water before, during and after fracking operations began in the area, which would differ from other studies that started after fracking operations began.