2011-03-2

Jeremy Fugleberg | March 1, 2011 | Reposted from the Billings Gazette

PAVILLION, Wyo. — Government officials, the state rural drinking water association and a natural gas firm have banded together to seek the answer to an important question: What is contaminating the drinking water in wells around Pavillion?

On Tuesday, the representatives hammered out what information they needed to gather and study the issue.

The main goal of the working group must be to determine where the contamination comes from, said Tom Doll, superintendent of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

“Otherwise we’ll be here two or three years from now, and I don’t think that’s anyone’s intent,” he said.

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