FrackNation Page #2

We knew we had iron, manganese,

magnesium, aluminum,

chloride, sodium, strontium,

barium, three different

types of uranium,

two of them are weapons-grade.

And a host of other chemicals,

some I can't even pronounce

the names of them.

The state agency ordered Cabot

to stop drilling new wells,

and to deliver fresh water

to affected residents.

The Pennsylvania Department

of Environmental Protection

introduced a moratorium, a ban,

until they could study

the situation.

This meant no drilling by Cabot

in a nine-mile box around Dimock.

So it just put a kibosh

on everything.

We were 13 days out

from having a permit

where they actually could

come in and start drilling,

and all of a sudden

they couldn't do anything.

But Cabot, they put methane

in the water.

They polluted the water.

- No.

- Allegedly.

Yeah.

The next residence here

is Craig and Julie Sautner,

who have all kinds of claims of all

kinds of chemical contamination,

weapons-grade uranium, etc., etc.

In their well.

But they've never shown

any lab data to verify it.

They just claim it.

Meanwhile, every well around them

is active and online.

I began to suspect that Craig

Sautner's claims about contaminants,

including weapons-grade

uranium in his water,

were greatly exaggerated,

or maybe even false.

Have you done

independent testing yourself?

We did, way back, you know,

maybe two years ago.

Two years ago

we did some testing.

But that, you know, I don't think

we've done any testing since that.

- Independent, you know.

- And what did that show?

I can't remember what that showed.

They said, they said the test results

weren't that bad,

but I don't know if the guy

was testing the water,

you know, testing

for the right things.

See, there's some kind of,

they gotta test 'em,

test it a certain way,

I forget how they said it,

but it was, uh...

I don't know how,

I don't know how they do it.

Can I get a sample of your water

to take to Ireland?

Yeah, I'll give you a jug.

I got jugs out in the...

But the water now?

I don't know what

it looks like today.

I mean, she said

it wasn't looking as bad today.

I mean, I got some, you know,

it changes from day to day.

One day it will be clearer,

and the next day it won't.

And Craig Sautner,

who claims his water is muddy brown

because of fracking,

was only able to produce clear water

when asked in front of a camera.

It does change, you know,

from one day to the next.

So how can you trust a well?

You know, all of a sudden

you get, say,

"Well, that looks okay but it does

have a little bit of stuff in there."

Say, well, then

that's fine to use,

and then the next day

it comes out looking like this.

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