Oral History Interview with Alana Irby, 2015 Page: 3 of 5

                                
Killian:
Irby:
Killian:
Irby:

This is extremely weird, and uncommon. So, you
know I just have a feeling that it's got something
to do with it. [Break].
Do you think it's inevitable that these chemicals
get into the water systems of these homeowners?
Yeah, they actually do, because whenever they're
using this fracking water, or whatever, to inject
in the water, it's staying down there. It's not
really being completely all pumped back out, you
know. There's going to be residue left behind.
Whenever it rains, you know, all those chemicals
are filtrating down into the water table. So anyone
who has wells in these surrounding areas, they're
being exposed to the chemicals and there's not
reported releases of this. It's kind of happening,
you know, behind our back. We're not really seeing
what's happening. The more studies that we do on
this, testing the water and proving that this, you
know, this has a direct impact to the people around
us [Break].
Were you surprised to see that so many voted in
favor of this ban?
Yeah, I was actually really surprised. I'm pretty
sure the percentage of all the votes came out to

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