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FRACKING AND ARLINGTON'S SCHOOLCHILDREN

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A Data Sheet listing all fracking sites and gas wells for each Arlington Independent School District (AISD) school, in alphabetical order.

Data-driven patterns found from analyzing fracking near Arlington schools.

Report from CHPNY outlining the current and potential public health repercussions of Arlington's fracking on schoolchildren.

Map from the FracTracker Alliance to help visualize drilling around Arlington's schools

FRACKING SITES AND GAS WELLS NEAR EVERY ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL

WHAT'S SHOWN?

For each AISD school, we provide a list of all nearby drill sites, as well as information about the number of nearby gas wells.  We list AISD elementary schools first, then AISD junior high schools, then AISD high schools,  in alphabetical order.

LEGEND

Drill Site Listings Format

DRILL SITE BETWEEN 0-0.5 miles 

DRILL SITE BETWEEN 0.5-1 mile

DRILL SITE BETWEEN 1-2 miles 

Well Count Tracker Format

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Number of gas wells between 1-2 mi

Number of gas wells between 0.5-1 mi

Number of gas wells between 0-0.5 mi

Data Sources:
Gas wells: FracTracker,  Drill sites: FracTracker & City of Arlington
School locations: AISD, Enrollment: TEA

AISD Elementary Schools

AISD Junior High Schools 

AISD High Schools 

SUMMARY, ANALYSIS, & FINDINGS

WHAT WE FOUND

The Impact on AISD Schools:

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  • All 76 AISD schools have 3+ drill sites within 2 miles

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  • 69 schools have 5+ drill sites within 2 miles

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  • 11 schools have 50+ gas wells within 1 mile

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  • 44 schools have a drill site within 0.5 miles

The Impact on AISD Children: 

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  • 53,000 AISD students are within 2 miles of 3+ drill sites

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  • 50,000 students are within 2 miles of 5+ drill sites

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  • 15,000 students are within 2 miles of 10+ drill sites

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  • 4,000 elementary-school children are within 0.5 miles of 25+ gas well

HEALTH REPORT​

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THE IMPACT OF FRACKING?

The Concerned Health Professionals of New York (CHPNY) have drafted a statement based on peer reviewed scientific literature on potential public health issues arising from proximity to fracking.

Press the button or click here to view the report.

MAP OF ARLINGTON'S SCHOOLS AND DRILL SITES

The mapping tool below created by the Fractracker Alliance shows gas wells across Arlington, labeling the drill sites the wells belong to when possible. Most importantly, Arlington Independent School District's schools are represented as blue squares.

The map includes the locations of drill sites that host gas wells (currently existing and plugged), schools, public parks, and compressor stations in Arlington. and shows air quality data from air monitors in Arlington. You can find the number of gas wells around a location by using the Buffer Query tool, located in the menu on the top left.

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