Will water scarcity in semiarid regions limit hydraulic fracturing of shale plays?

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Scanlon, Bridget R ^a   Reedy, Robert C ^a   Nicot, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Groundwater; Hydraulic fracturing; Shale gas; Unconventional energy; Water energy nexus; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL SHALE; PURCHASING; SHALE; SHALE GAS; SHALE OIL; SURFACE WATERS; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

BRACKISH GROUND WATER; BRACKISH WATER; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; UNCONVENTIONAL ENERGY; WATER ENERGY; WATER SCARCITY;

WATER CONSERVATION;

BRACKISH WATER; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NATURAL GAS; POWER GENERATION; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SEMIARID REGION; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER USE;

MISSOURI RIVER; PERMIAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919490664     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/12/124011     Document Type: Article

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