Water Footprint of Hydraulic Fracturing

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 276-280

  Kondash, Andrew ^a   Vengosh, Avner ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL SHALE; SHALE; SHALE GAS; SHALE OIL;

ENERGY EXTRACTION; INDUSTRIAL WATER; INTEGRATED DATA; PRODUCED WATER; SHALE GAS AND OIL; UNCONVENTIONAL OIL; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER USE;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 84969141815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00211     Document Type: Article

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