The missing piece of this story is mineral rights. No one in this neighborhood is making a dime from the fracking, because they do not own the minerals. So, as the lawsuit makes clear, they are suffering the costs while not getting any of the benefits.
This raises a larger question: How is the mineral wealth produced by gas wells in Denton distributed? How much money actually stays local in the pockets of Denton families?
I created a short video to answer those questions. The Myth of the Local Fracking Boom shows how most of the wealth generated in Denton drains out of town. All too often, the people living near fracking sites pay the costs but do not see any of the benefits.)