Natural Gas Residual Fluids: Sources, Endpoints, and Organic Chemical Composition after Centralized Waste Treatment in Pennsylvania

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8347-8355

  Getzinger, Gordon J ^a   O'Connor, Megan P ^b   Hoelzer, Kathrin ^c   Drollette, Brian D ^d   Karatum, Osman ^b   Deshusses, Marc A ^b   Ferguson, P Lee ^a,b   Elsner, Martin ^c   Plata, Desiree L ^b,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; IONIZATION OF GASES; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PETROLEUM DISTILLATES; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATERS; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DISCHARGED WATER; NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYETHOXYLATES; POTENTIAL WASTES; REGULATORY AGENCIES; RESIDUAL FLUIDS;

EFFLUENTS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL POLYETHOXYLATE; BENZENE; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PETROLEUM; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CENTRALIZED WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EFFLUENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FRACKING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PENNSYLVANIA; PROCEDURES; SEASON; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENT; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PENNSYLVANIA; PETROLEUM; SEASONS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84937484967     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00471     Document Type: Article

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