{"id":596,"date":"2026-06-29T17:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaleenargentina.org.ar\/?p=596"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:18:04","slug":"informe-de-la-epa-el-fracking-no-afecta-el-agua-potable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaleenargentina.org.ar\/?p=596","title":{"rendered":"Informe de la EPA: el fracking no afecta el agua potable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/espanol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental<\/a>&nbsp;de Estados Unidos (EPA por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s),&nbsp;no encontr\u00f3 evidencia de que la fractura hidr\u00e1ulica (fracking) haya dado lugar a impactos generalizados en los recursos de agua potable de los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/espanol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental<\/a>&nbsp;de Estados Unidos (EPA por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s),<strong>&nbsp;no encontr\u00f3 evidencia de que la fractura hidr\u00e1ulica (fracking) haya dado lugar a impactos generalizados en los recursos de agua potable de los Estados Unidos<\/strong>. Esta conclusi\u00f3n es el resultado de un muy esperado&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.epa.gov\/sites\/production\/files\/2015-06\/documents\/hf_es_erd_jun2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">informe<\/a>&nbsp;sobre la relaci\u00f3n y la posible afectaci\u00f3n del agua potable por causa del fracking, que se viene llevando a cabo desde 2010, y hab\u00eda sido encargado por el Congreso de de los Estados Unidos a la Agencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>La&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/201.216.208.12\/el-fracking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimulaci\u00f3n hidr\u00e1ulica (fracking)<\/a>&nbsp;es una t\u00e9cnica imprescindible para poder extraer recursos hidrocarbur\u00edferos de las&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/201.216.208.12\/hidrocarburos-no-convencionales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">formaciones shale<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;(como&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/201.216.208.12\/vaca-muerta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vaca Muerta<\/a>, en la Argentina). Mediante la estimulaci\u00f3n, se crean canales de pocos mil\u00edmetros de espesor, por donde el gas y el petr\u00f3leo pueden fluir hacia los pozos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El extenso informe detalla en diferentes cap\u00edtulos, todos los mecanismos relacionados con la t\u00e9cnica, que ha permitido un verdadero boom energ\u00e9tico y econ\u00f3mico en ese pa\u00eds, y el potencial de riesgo de cada uno. As\u00ed, analiza las diferentes etapas de las operaciones, el transporte y el almacenamiento, hasta los datos sobre los qu\u00edmicos utilizados y el manejo del&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/201.216.208.12\/agua-de-retorno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agua de retorno (flowback)<\/a>, entre otros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El informe da cuenta de que se han identificado casos muy puntuales en los que alguna fuente de agua potable se vio afectada por incidentes de distinto tipo, en diferentes etapas de la operaci\u00f3n, ya sea por mecanismos directos o indirectos.<strong>&nbsp;Pero considera que su ocurrencia es m\u00ednima, respecto de la cantidad de pozos perforados y estimulados, al grado de considerarla una \u201crareza\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan la EPA,&nbsp;<strong>en los Estados Unidos casi 10 millones de personas viven a menos de 2 kil\u00f3metros de un pozo de extracci\u00f3n de shale<\/strong>, en 25 estados, y existen unas 6800 fuentes de agua potable a distancias similares (menos de una milla de los pozos), que abastecen a casi 9 millones de personas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La&nbsp;Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental&nbsp;de Estados Unidos (EPA por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s),&nbsp;no encontr\u00f3 evidencia de que la fractura hidr\u00e1ulica (fracking) 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