response from Bristol Water

"Thanks for your e mail. We are aware of fracking, its potential implications and suggestions that the Mendips might be involved.

As yet, though, we have seen no applications for permission being submitted to the relevant planning or environmental authorities.

We would want much more information on what might be proposed before forming a view on fracking, as the whole subject is shrouded in claim and counter claim. We would expect expert advice from the Environment Agency and other government bodies.

It is of course the EA who have the statutory duty to protect the water catchment from environmental damage.

The best way of keeping yourself informed is probably to join one of the many groups interested in this subject; I believe there is one in Frome, for example."