As the New York Department of Environmental Conservation continues a comprehensive review of the permitting process for natural gas exploration in certain regions of our state, the public has been subjected to much misinformation regarding potential environmental impacts, particularly on water quality and quantity. Let me set the record straight, from the perspective of New York's decades-old oil and gas professionals.

The men and women in our industry fully understand the public's concerns about how the process of extracting natural gas might impact our natural resources. At issue is the hydraulic fracturing process, which involves injecting a solution, consisting primarily of water, under high pressure into the shale deposit formation thousands of feet below the ground and fresh water aquifers.

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