In December 2011, federal environment officials scientifically linked underground water pollution with hydraulic fracturing for the first time in central Wyoming.

Concerns About Chemicals Because of concerns about underground water pollution, questions have been raised about formaldehyde and other chemicals in embalmed bodies seeping into local water tables.

The area is classified as an underground Water Pollution Control Area under the Water Authority Act 1984 and a Priority 1 drinking water source by the Department of Water.