Characteristics and management of flowback/produced water from hydraulically fractured wells in California - findings from the California SB 4 assessment

Charuleka Varadharajan1, Heather Cooley2, Matthew G Heberger2, William T Stringfellow3, Jeremy K Domen4, Whitney Sandelin4, Mary Kay Camarillo4, Preston D. Jordan5, Matthew T Reagan3, Kristina Donnelly2, Jens T Birkholzer3 and Jane C S Long6, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, United States, (5)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, United States, (6)Retired, Washington, DC, United States