Alternative water sources for hydraulic fracturing in Texas

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2013: Showcasing the Future - Proceedings of the 2013 Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2818-2832

  Cook, Margaret A ^a   Stillwell, Ashlynn S ^a   King, Carey W ^b   Webber, Michael E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INVESTMENTS; IRRIGATION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; AGRICULTURAL SITES; ALTERNATIVE IRRIGATIONS; ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES; CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84887485807     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412947.279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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