COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- It's bad well design, not hydraulic fracturing itself, that's leading to contamination of drinking water, research led by Ohio State University finds.
U.S. natural gas production has increased exponentially in part due to horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, two developments used in shale basins. A research team led by Ohio State University found those drilling methods weren't behind natural gas contamination in drinking water wells.