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==History== ===Fracking and water quality=== In 2008, rural residents five miles east-northeast of {{not a typo|Pavillion}} complained of discolored water, foul smells and illness that they suspected was due to fracking, and the EPA opened an investigation.<ref name="propub">Abrahm Lustgarten, [https://www.propublica.org/article/feds-warn-residents-near-wyoming-gas-drilling-sites-not-to-drink-their-wate "Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not to Drink Their Water"] ProPublica (September 1, 2010). Retrieved May 19, 2011</ref><ref name="propub-nk">Nicholas Kusnetz, [https://www.propublica.org/article/wyoming-fracking-rules-would-disclose-drilling-chemicals "Wyoming Fracking Rules Would Disclose Drilling Chemicals"] ProPublica (September 14, 2010). Retrieved May 19, 2011</ref> In 2010, the EPA investigators warned the affected rural residents not to drink their water after finding [[benzene]], [[naphthalene]], [[phenols]], and metals in the water and recommended that the affected rural residents use fans while bathing or washing clothes to avoid the risk of explosion.<ref name="propub-nk" /><ref>[http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/wy/pavillion/ "Groundwater Investigation Pavillion."] ''EPA''.</ref> As of September 2012 testing and discussion about the results was still ongoing.<ref>Mark Drajem for Bloomberg News. September 27, 2012 [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-26/diesel-compounds-found-in-water-near-wyoming-fracking-site-2-.html Diesel in Water Near Fracking Confirms EPA Tests Wyoming Disputes]</ref><ref>EPA Office Website [http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/wy/pavillion/ Groundwater Investigation: Pavillion]</ref> Eventually, in 2016, a study confirmed that chemicals used in fracking impact drinking water that is generated from wells.<ref>{{cite journal|author=DiGuilio DC, Jackson RB |title=Impact to Underground Sources of Drinking Water and Domestic Wells from Production Well Stimulation and Completion Practices in the Pavillion, Wyoming, Field |journal=Environmental Science and Technology |volume = 50|issue = 8|pages = 4524β4536|date=March 29, 2016| doi=10.1021/acs.est.5b04970|pmid = 27022977|bibcode=2016EnST...50.4524D }}</ref>
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