The land adjacent to the Beaver Run Reservoir in Westmoreland Co., Southwestern Pennsylvania, currently has seven unconventional natural gas drilling pads comprised of 47 Marcellus shale gas wells and four Utica shale gas wells. The majority of these pads sit within 1000 ft of a man-made reservoir that provides municipal water to over 130,000 customers of the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC). Since May 2011, our group has been collecting and analyzing quarterly water samples from watersheds upstream of and in the reservoir to assess the impact that natural gas extraction and other anthropogenic activities may have on surface water quality. Field data and lab results from eight years of study are presented, including total dissolved solids (TDS), alkalinity, anionic salt components, and metals.

Impact of shale gas extraction and other anthropogenic activities on surface water quality

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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