Primary Conveners: Jean-Philippe Nicot, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Conveners: Bridget R Scanlon, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Amelia N Paukert, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States and Joseph N Ryan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs: Jean-Philippe Nicot, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Bridget R Scanlon, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States, Amelia N Paukert, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States and Joseph N Ryan, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Jean-Philippe Nicot, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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A National Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing Activities on Drinking Water Resources (85679)
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 Arlington, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Arlington, VA, 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
16:15
Groundwater monitoring of hydraulic fracturing in California: Recommendations for permit-required monitoring (68638)
Bradley K Esser1, Harry R Beller2, Susan Carroll1, John A Cherry3, Robert B Jackson4, Preston D. Jordan2, Vic Madrid1, Joseph Morris1, Beth L Parker3, William T Stringfellow2, Charukela Varadharajan2 and Avner Vengosh5, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (4)Stanford University, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States, (5)Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
16:45
Impacts on water quality by hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania (83053)
Martin Stute1, Beizhan Yan2, Steve N. Chillrud2, James M Ross3, Marilyn Howarth4, Reynold Panettieri4 and Poune Saberi4, (1)Barnard College, New York, NY, United States, (2)Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States
17:15
Identifying the Sources of Methane in Shallow Groundwaters in Parker and Hood Counties, Texas through Noble Gas Signatures (72991)
M. Clara Castro1, Tao Wen1, Jean-Philippe Nicot2, Chris M Hall3, Patrick John Mickler2 and Roxana Darvari4, (1)University of Michigan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (4)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
17:30
Identifying sources, formation pathways and geological controls of methane in shallow groundwater above unconventional natural gas plays in Alberta, Canada (79109)
Bernhard Mayer1, Pauline Humez1, Michael Nightingale1, Jenifer Ing1, Andrew W Kingston1, Christopher Clarkson1, Aaron Cahill2, Beth L Parker3, John A Cherry3, Romain Millot4, Wolfram Kloppmann5, Kirk Osadetz6 and Don Lawton6, (1)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (2)University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, (3)University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (4)BRGM, French Geological Survey, Orleans, France, (5)BRGM, Orleans, France, (6)Carbon Management Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada
