# how much property do you own? v. natural gas production **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 23, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-property-do-you-own-v-natural-gas-production/194992 "2008-01-23T08:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 64
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-property-do-you-own-v-natural-gas-production/194992/64 "2008-01-28T11:16:42Z")
> [@SOLD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold/34313/43): > > Darkstar. Do you have any info on the effects of drilling these wells on groundwater? > > i.e…if my neighbor drills 4 of these wells is there a posibility of my well water being contaminated? Are they allowed to do that hydraulic fracturing stuff if the well is within a certain distance of a house? I’d assume you’d have to answer questions like that for potential customers. We don’t have any wells but our neighbors do. there is a very small chance that the hydraulic fracturing process could affect your well water. Generally speaking there is a concrete casing that is supposed to seal off the well bore from the surrounding earth, but sometimes things do happen. If they do it should be on the company that drilled the well to fix. But no I do not believe there is any restriction as to fracturing near surface dwellings. If you are drilling a well you have to have a waiver signed by the owner of any house within 200’ of the proposed well. Without it you should not be able to drill within that distance. Anything over 200’ is fair game though. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-property-do-you-own-v-natural-gas-production/194992)._