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| Title |
Wastewater Disposal from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development Degrades Stream Quality at a West Virginia Injection Facility
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| Published in |
Environmental Science & Technology, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1021/acs.est.6b00428 |
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| Authors |
Denise M. Akob, Adam C. Mumford, William Orem, Mark A. Engle, J. Grace Klinges, Douglas B. Kent, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli |
| Abstract |
The development of unconventional oil and gas (UOG) resources has rapidly increased in recent years; however, the environmental impacts and risks are poorly understood. A single well can generate millions of liters of wastewater, representing a mixture of formation brine and injected hydraulic fracturing fluids. One of the most common methods for wastewater disposal is underground injection; we are assessing potential risks of this method through an intensive, interdisciplinary study at an injection disposal facility in West Virginia. In June 2014, waters collected downstream from the site had elevated specific conductance (416 µS/cm) and Na, Cl, Ba, Br, Sr and Li concentrations, compared to upstream, background waters (conductivity, 74 µS/cm). Elevated TDS, a marker of UOG wastewater, provided an early indication of impacts in the stream. Wastewater inputs are also evident by changes in (87)Sr/(86)Sr in stream water adjacent to the disposal facility. Sediments downstream from the facility were enriched in Ra and had high bioavailable Fe(III) concentrations relative to upstream sediments. Microbial communities in downstream sediments had lower diversity and shifts in composition. Although the hydrologic pathways were not able to be assessed, these data provide evidence demonstrating that activities at the disposal facility are impacting a nearby stream and altering the biogeochemistry of nearby ecosystems. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 29 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 8 | 28% |
| United States | 5 | 17% |
| Comoros | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Namibia | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 11 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 25 | 86% |
| Scientists | 4 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 129 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 125 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 19% |
| Researcher | 21 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 13% |
| Unknown | 28 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 31 | 24% |
| Engineering | 22 | 17% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 14 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 12% |
| Unknown | 34 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 70. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 December 2023.
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