Glendwood Springs Post Independent
June 30, 2008, Phillip Yates

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is investigating four natural gas companies for a waste discharge northwest of Parachute that allegedly contaminated a spring that feeds one cabin's drinking water, state records show. The alleged contamination sent Ned Prather, an area guide and outfitter, to the hospital with throat problems after he drank water from his cabin's faucet, according to a state Notice of Alleged Violation (NOAV) filed against each company. Prather filed a complaint with the COGCC on June 3, about three days after ingesting water from his contaminated spring. Prather has declined to comment about the matter with the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. The citations against the companies said that water samples from a spring, faucet and pond at Prather's cabin - taken a day after he filed his complaint - showed traces of benzene that exceeded the state's Water Quality Control Commission water standards. Benzene is a known carcinogen. ...

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