Sentences with phrase «drinking water resources»
As EPA nears the release of its finalized hydraulic fracturing / water report, the weight of scientific study and analysis backs the agency's preliminary conclusion that there's no evidence that fracking has led to «widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.»
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Of particular concern in this regard is the high level conclusion statement on page ES - 6 that «We did not find evidence that these mechanisms have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.»
New rules governing how energy companies frack on federal lands represent a significant step toward protecting drinking water resources in some of the most heavily drilled parts of the country
Opening the black box of spring water microbiology from alpine karst aquifers to support proactive drinking water resource management — Domenico Savio — Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water
The prevalence of industry best practices nationwide, combined with strong state regulatory frameworks is the reason why the EPA Draft Assessment found no widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources from hydraulic fracturing.
The Asian region also faces a range of climate impacts, including extreme heat, imperiled drinking water resources, and accelerated sea - level rise, which can lead to widespread population displacement, food insecurity, and costly damage to coastal cities and towns.
After being barraged by plaintiff attorneys and Hollywood celebrities, the EPA in its final report substituted its determination of no «widespread, systemic impact» with the hypothetical that fracking «can impact drinking water resources under some circumstances» and that «impacts can range in frequency and severity» depending on the circumstances.
The region also faces a range of climate impacts, including threats to drinking water resources due to the shrinking ice pack in the Andes mountains and potential reductions in crop yields and flooding due to sea - level rise.
As the report noted: «The number of identified cases where drinking water resources were impacted is small relative to the number of hydraulically fractured wells» — one of the classic understatements of the year.
It was also tasked to uncover any «potential for hydraulic fracturing to change the quality or quantity of drinking water resources... [and to identify] factors affecting the frequency or severity of any potential changes.»
These mechanisms include water withdrawals in times of, or in areas with, low water availability; spills of hydraulic fracturing fluids and produced water; fracturing directly into underground drinking water resources; below ground migration of liquids and gases; and inadequate treatment and discharge of wastewater.
After exploring all possible mechanisms by which fracking might possibly negatively impact local drinking water supplies, the EPA reported: «We did not find evidence that these mechanisms have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.»
The new rules announced Friday by the Obama administration governing how energy companies frack for oil and gas on federal lands managed to anger environmentalists and the industry alike, but represent a significant step toward protecting drinking water resources in some of the most heavily drilled parts of the country.
The five - year, $ 31 million study of hydraulic fracturing «did not find evidence that these mechanisms have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.»
«The agency should include and explain the... investigations conducted in Dimock, Pennsylvania; Pavillion, Wyoming; and Parker County, Texas where hydraulic fracturing activities are perceived by many members of the public to have caused significant local impacts to drinking water resources,» states the advisory body's review.
The DEC has purchased a 38 - acre parcel in the pine barrens that expands public lands and recreational green space while helping to preserve Long Island's drinking water resources, officials announced.
The CWSRF, funded largely through federal grants with some matching state money, is meant to improve or protect recreational and drinking water resources, aquatic wildlife, and estuaries.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has purchased a 38 - acre parcel in the pine barrens that expands public lands and recreational green space while helping to preserve Long Island's drinking water resources, officials announced Wednesday.
«I know that the county is facing many difficult financial decisions, but I implore you to maintain the dedicated staff responsible for helping keep our drinking water resource safe,» Mr. Gunther wrote in a letter to Mr. Bellone.
The EPA study is entitled «Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water Resources.»
The Greenland Survey, Asiaq, is already using SETSM to protect drinking water resources, where remote sensing specialist Eva Mätzler said it «strengthens the understanding of importance in reliable geographic data for the Greenlandic government and people.»
I'm sure the paper will be cited by the Environmental Protection Agency whenever it finally finishes its analysis of the impact of fracking on the nation's drinking water resources.
Milito said EPA's soon - to - be-finalized, multi-million-dollar hydraulic fracturing study must not backtrack from the report's draft conclusion that fracking has not led to «widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources.»
The difference, of course, is that there is near - universal scientific consensus that carbon pollution is warming the planet, whereas both the draft and final versions of the EPA report show that no such consensus yet exists about the impacts fracking has had on drinking water resources.
Key among them was that fracking has caused contamination to drinking water resources.
The [Science Advisory Board] has concerns regarding the clarity and adequacy of support for several major findings presented within the draft Assessment Report that seek to draw national - level conclusions regarding the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources.
The SAB finds that the EPA did not support quantitatively its conclusion about lack of evidence for widespread, systemic impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, and did not clearly describe the system (s) of interest (e.g., groundwater, surface water), the scale of impacts (i.e., local or regional), nor the definitions of «systemic» and «widespread.»
The SAB concludes that if the EPA retains this conclusion, the EPA should provide quantitative analysis that supports its conclusion that hydraulic fracturing has not led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources.
The one change the Journal correctly identified was that in the final version of the report, the EPA rescinded its draft conclusion that there was no evidence fracking has «led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources.»
In its conclusion the EPA says, «This report describes how activities in the hydraulic fracturing water cycle can impact — and have impacted — drinking water resources and the factors that influence the frequency and severity of those impacts.»
The draft version stated that «there are above and below ground mechanisms by which hydraulic fracturing activities have the potential to impact drinking water resources,» identified «factors affecting the frequency or severity» of those impacts, and acknowledged that «data limitations» prevent the agency from having «any certainty» of how often fracking has actually impacted drinking water.
Periodic press releases detailing the findings of the «EPA Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and Its Potential Impacts on Drinking Water Resources» have revealed that fracking does indeed lead to groundwater contamination.
«The science clearly indicates that, with an emphasis on prevention... energy production can and is being done right, and that hydraulic fracturing is not leading to widespread, systemic effects to drinking water resources,» Stephanie Wissman, an Executive Director with the American Petroleum Institute, stated at a recent meeting of the Delaware River Basin Commission.
A draft EPA report states that they «did not find evidence» that the mechanisms by which fracking might have the potential to damage drinking water «have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources.»
That's not our conclusion but EPA's, following a five - year, multi-million dollar study that found «hydraulic fracturing activities have not led to widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources.»
An individual 401 process is the state's opportunity to look at the pipeline in a holistic way and consider impacts such as erosion and sediment from tree clearing, impacts to drinking water resources, and impacts to karst geology that could harm the environment and health of communities across the region.
The EPA report concluded that there are above and below ground mechanisms by which fracking have the potential to impact drinking water resources, but that the number of identified cases were «small» compared to the number of fracking wells.
«We did not find evidence that these mechanisms [of potentially affecting water] have led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States,» the report said.
From our assessment, we conclude there are above and below ground mechanisms by which hydraulic fracturing activities have the potential to impact drinking water resources.
In December 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized its six - year, multi-million dollar, national study of hydraulic fracturing and did not find evidence that the process leads to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2015, fracking has not «led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.»