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Chesapeake natgas drilling contaminates water: Pennsylvania


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Improper casing and cementing of Chesapeake Energy natural gas drilling wells led to natural gas seeping into groundwater and contaminating 16 families' drinking water in Pennsylvania in 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday.

    The contamination was from shallow, non-shale drilling sites, the DEP said in a statement.

    (Reporting by Edward McAllister)