The Depths of Hydraulic Fracturing and Accompanying Water Use Across the United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 8969-8976

  Jackson, Robert B ^a   Lowry, Ella R ^a   Pickle, Amy ^b   Kang, Mary ^a   DiGiulio, Dominic ^a   Zhao, Kaiguang ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; POTABLE WATER; WATER; WELL TESTING;

CALIFORNIA; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; NEW MEXICO; PENNSYLVANIA; PRE DRILLINGS; SHALLOW WELLS; WATER TESTING; WEST VIRGINIA;

HORIZONTAL DRILLING;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WATER; WELL WATER;

DRINKING WATER; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; WATER DEPTH; WATER USE; WELL;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; OIL AND GAS FIELD; OIL INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; UPPER DEVONIAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; FRACKING; GEOGRAPHY; POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; POLICY; UNITED STATES; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84938585530     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01228     Document Type: Article

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