Like BLM, the oil & gas industry emphasizes well casing integrity through aquifers for drinking water safety.
Industry models do not mention corrosive Elpedro soil.
Water-bearing Mancos Shale, Dakota Sandstone, and the Morrison Formation are targeted in the Rios Gallina & Chama Watersheds without protective rock strata.
SURFACE Elpedro soil and Mancos Shale, into which shallow drinking water wells have historically been dug, apparently recharge the deeper drinking-water-bearing Dakota Sandstone and Morrison Formation, thereunder.