Real Estate and Fracking

[John Papa]

Hi All,

After spending time out in Colorado and the surrounding areas, my wife and I are set on moving, specifically the Erie area.  After looking at a lot of properties, we found one we really like and are considering making an offer.  The only thing that is giving us some pause are some fracking sites located close to the home and development.  One site is about .25 miles away, and another about a mile away.  According to our agent, the sites are going to be capped and decommissioned this year, but obviously we will still need to verify.

Does anyone have any experience dealing with fracking sites, or have any insight based on what they have seen or experienced?  Given that I am going to be uprooting my family and moving 2,000 miles away, I want to make sure I am covering all of my bases.

Thank you all in advance,

John

[Kelan Donahue]

Hello,

I live in Erie and work in the O&G industry (I don't do much work in Colorado). There are wells that run underneath our development. There are going to be more wells that continue to be drilled near us. I don't consider it an issue or a concern. Are you going to be on well water? Also, they are called wells, not fracking sites. 

You can see active wells and permits all over the state here:

https://cogccmap.state.co.us/cogcc_gis_online/