ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP ASKS WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO BAN WATER REMOVAL FROM BEAVER RUN RESERVOIR BY FRACKING COMPANIES DURING DROUGHTS

An Environmental Group has asked Westmoreland County Commissioners to ban the removal of water by fracking companies from Beaver Run Reservoir during drought periods.  The Trib reports that representatives with the nonprofit group Protect PT made the request yesterday after similar requests to the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County were unsuccessful.  It was unclear if the Westmoreland County commissioners have any control over the municipal authority’s operations.  Protect PT and Voice of Westmoreland held a rally Thursday morning outside the Greensburg courthouse before the commissioners meeting to voice their opinion on the topic.