Hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") is the process used by the energy industry to extract immense deposits of oil and natural gas from deep geologic formations that only a few years ago were unreachable. It involves injecting a solution of water and chemicals far underground, typically thousands of feet below groundwater supplies. Fracking was first used in Oklahoma in the 1940s and in the years since has been employed in more than a million oil and gas wells across the nation.

There is not a single independently documented instance of groundwater contamination by fracking anywhere in the country, a fact that was confirmed as recently as May by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson during congressional testimony.

The technology has advanced considerably.

For the people with no clue.

Ground water is often tapped extremely close to the surface. Think of a wishing well. 40 feet will often be to deep.

Oil is obtained at a mile or more deep.

To put this in perspective... get a hunting rifle and shoot it at the largest target you can at it's longest range. That is oil. Then make a paper wad with tape, and throw it as far as you can. That is water.

Fracking does not endanger water. In fact the major items used is sand and water... *gasp*.

Consider well this information.

Oh and those stories of natural has in water... science lesson... what happens if you put a live wire in water with the ends reasonably close? The molecule H2O breaks down to H and O. Easy trick for environmentalistd trying to create a new lie.