Feds: Don't drink contaminated water in Pavillion

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Story Published: Sep 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM MST

Story Updated: Sep 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM MST

PAVILLION, Wyo. (AP) — The federal government is telling people not to drink the water from 40 wells in the Pavillion area, including 17 wells contaminated by hydrocarbons.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released its findings from testing 19 wells for drinking water plus four wells for livestock and irrigation.

Seventeen drinking water wells have low levels of hydrocarbons possibly associated with oil and gas drilling from the 1960s through the present day.

But the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says high levels of sodium, sulfates and other inorganic materials unrelated to drilling are reason enough not to drink the water in a total of 40 wells tested since last year.

About 100 people attended a public meeting on the findings.

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