A National Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing Activities on Drinking Water Resources

Caroline Ridley1, Susan Burden2, Megan M. Fleming2, Christopher D Knightes3, Jonathan Koplos4, Stephen D LeDuc5, Shari Ring4, John Stanek6, Mary Ellen Tuccillo4, Jim Weaver7 and Jeffrey Frithsen1, (1)Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC, Office of Science Policy, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Organization Not Listed, USEPA, Washington, DC, United States, (4)Cadmus Group, Inc., Waltham, MA, United States, (5)Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Arlington, United States, (6)Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States, (7)Environmental Protection Agency Ada, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Ada, OK, United States