Fracking, landslide blamed for contamination of Northern B.C. creek

B.C.'s Oil and Gas Commission says 'no evidence' that fracking to blame, heavy metals naturally in soil

By Betsy Trumpener, CBC News Posted: Oct 25, 2015 11:01 AM PT Last Updated: Oct 26, 2015 8:38 AM PT

A landslide in B.C.'s Peace region is fuelling fears and blame around fracking.

A landslide in B.C.'s Peace region is fuelling fears and blame around fracking. (Betsy Trumpener/CBC)

-- A relentless landslide that's contaminated a source of drinking water near a community in northeastern B.C. has residents blaming oil and gas exploration's effects underground for causing the slide that's contaminating the creek with silt and heavy metals Farmers and ranchers near Hudson's Hope say they've lost their sole water source and blame landslides on changes to underground aquifers and land stability because of nearby fracking and the effect of two nearby hydro dams, but officials say there is no proof of this "I have no water," said Rhee Simpson, who has lived and farmed along Brenot Creek for 62 years "You can't play in it. You can't fish in it. You can't drink it. Your stock can't drink it. Someone has to do something to get our water back" Last year, a landslide started oozing http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/landslide-fracking-h...

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