The Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS) described the impact of drilling on affected communities in their 2015-16 Policy Statement as follows:

Townships feel impact

Formerly quiet townships have been

transformed by the drilling industry. Small

rural roads that once carried a few dozen

cars a day have become the site of daily

traffic jams, the result of hundreds of

heavy water-filled tanker trucks for frack-

ing, stone trucks for site development,

and pipe and drilling rigs transporting the

needed equipment to the often mountain-

ous and rural sites. Local and state roads

disintegrated under the weight of the

loads, at times within days, if not hours.

Out-of-state workers for the drilling

companies competed for rental proper-

ties and hotel rooms, escalating housing

costs and displacing tourists. Emergency

responders faced new challenges without

needed equipment or training. And resi-

dents expressed concern over the future of

their water supply.”