Water Pollution Risk Associated with Natural Gas Extraction from the Marcellus Shale

This entry was posted on August 9, 2012, in Energy and Climate and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment

Risk Analysis (first published online: Dec. 28, 2011 ) / by Daniel J. Rozell and Sheldon J. Reaven
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01757.x/pdf

[Fuel Fix] Current wastewater disposal methods for water used in hydraulic fracturing could put nearby drinking water in the Marcellus Shale at risk, according to a study issued on Tuesday…

The study found water could be contaminated by transportation spills, well casing leaks, leaks through fractured rock, drilling site surface discharge and wastewater disposal. The greatest contamination risks came from wasterwater disposal…

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