Yes, I'd like to hear the other side too.
About 15 years ago, my brother-in-law invested in a coal bed methane operation outside Gillette, where he lived. He ended up with a new pond that formed from water that had been pumped through the methane bed. Pretty quickly, it attracted water fowl as they passed by during their migrations, so he decided to have the water tested, in case it might be a danger to the birds.
It turned out to be extremely clean, and well within the limits of any measurable contaminant for human drinkability. When the methane operation proved not to be profitable, he started bottling and selling the water, more or less as a joke. Someone unknown stocked the pond with game fish at one point, which seemed fun too.
Then he read a paper by an EPA official who suggested that the coal bed methane fields were generating dangerous contaminates in nearby water bodies, and should all be shut down. Of course, my brother-in-law immediately shipped him a case of the bottled water, along with all of the test results from his pond. The guy refused to talk to him after many attempts, and eventually threatened some sort of federal action if he continued selling the water, regardless of any test results.
So I can understand some local distrust of federal environmental data collectors.