Sentences with phrase «for groundwater wells»

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They should instead re-examine their practices that might have led to traces of, for example, diesel turning up in the Wyoming groundwater and come up with standards that would make leaks along the well bore impossible before less appropriate and more costly rules are thrust upon them at a time when natural gas prices are hitting 10 - year lows.

The latest soil, groundwater, surface water and sediment testing at Sportsman's Park in Naperville found lead concentrations in wells within Illinois Environmental Protection Agency standards for drinking water and groundwater, according to the Naperville Park District.

Sewage from dairy cows as well as the fertilizers used to grow feed for them pollute rivers and groundwaters, affecting all ecosystems dependent upon the rivers and groundwaters.

Elevated levels of radium have been found in groundwater samples from shallow monitoring wells on the Bethpage High School campus and the state DEC plans to take more samples and scan field and soil areas there for more radioactive elements.

If approved in the Legislature, the resolution would fund the unit — responsible for drilling monitoring wells to evaluate groundwater pollution across the county at sites like the former Grumman facility in Calverton — using money from the water quality fund, a fund established by a voter - approved, quarter - penny sales tax.

• If you own a well to provide water for your family, farm, or business, groundwater protection is doubly important.

No matter where the young water comes from, the new technique for identifying the percentage of fossil groundwater in a well could be an important tool for communities, says Audrey Sawyer, a hydrogeologist at Ohio State University in Columbus.

Because of such concerns the U.S. Department of Energy has convened a special task force to improve the safety and environmental impacts of such fracking for natural gas, including how best to dispose of the voluminous wastewater as well as ensuring proper sealing of wells to prevent such groundwater contamination.

For example, Las Vegas and a smattering of rural and tribal communities draw groundwater from wells and springs northeast of the city.

The pumping of groundwater, by contrast, has been left largely unregulated for the better part of the past century across California and parts of Arizona.

David Roberts oversees water rights and policy for the Salt River Project, one of the state's largest public water and power utilities, which is suing landowners over their groundwater wells.

Homebuilders found they could circumvent limits on groundwater pumping for large residential developments by building just a few homes at a time, because single homes could drill new water wells without a permit.

«Sociological studies are imperative for understanding the mindsets of well owners, who are a distinct group of Kansans who will continue to influence the availability of groundwater,» Ternes said.

Kansans who own water wells show more awareness of state water policy issues than those who rely on municipal water supplies, according to a study that could have implications for groundwater management and environmental policies.

For example, Jakarta's consumption of groundwater for industry and domestic use has been so high that sea water has infiltrated shallow wells as far as 10 kilometres inlaFor example, Jakarta's consumption of groundwater for industry and domestic use has been so high that sea water has infiltrated shallow wells as far as 10 kilometres inlafor industry and domestic use has been so high that sea water has infiltrated shallow wells as far as 10 kilometres inland.

As part of a search for the cause, geologic tests revealed large deposits of arsenic - rich minerals steadily leaching into groundwater, causing levels in many wells to top 500 ppb.

«Our research has global relevance as well, because this new technology provides a quick and cheap alternative to having to install numerous boreholes for groundwater monitoring.»

The agency tested the water in the shallow wells that tap the groundwater above the 169 gas - producing wells in the field; in two municipal wells in the town; and in several surface and deep wells that it drilled for monitoring purposes.

The amount of groundwater present is a good indicator of fire risk, said Morton, because the signal persists longer and holds the «memory» of water in the soil that is the main source of moisture for trees and vegetation.

If groundwater decreases, the sizes and depths of lakes decrease as well, so the size and diversity of lakes and rivers serve as a proxy for how close to the surface the water table — the top of the ground water — resides.

Michael Puma, an expert on water and food security at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies who was not involved in the study, noted that «Arsenic contamination of groundwater threatens well over 100 million people worldwide.

Judge Thomas S. Moore of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) found that HRI's Restoration Action Plan (RAP)- a blueprint for calculating the amount of money that will be needed to restore contaminated groundwater, decommission surface facilities and reclaim disturbed lands at the end of mining - underestimated well - plugging, reclamation equipment and labor costs for independent contractors that would take over clean - up should HRI go bankrupt.

«Similar to how non-invasive medical imaging has reduced the need for invasive, exploratory surgeries, geophysical monitoring techniques, such as SSIP, allow us to monitor large volumes of aquifer sediments without having to drill groundwater wells, which saves money and disturbs less land,» said project lead Dr. Kenneth Williams, LBNL.

«We learned through extensive modeling that every watershed is different, and as a result, different stormwater structural best management practice approaches are needed to achieve clean water and maximize groundwater recharge for each watershed,» said Terri Hogue, a professor at the Colorado School of Mines and co-lead author of the report.

Read both a national and industry perspective on Deep Earth Imaging, the opportunities for sourcing mineral, energy and groundwater resources, as well as some of CSIRO's other major investments that could benefit the minerals and mining industry.

From groundwater, arsenic finds its way into wells and other water supplies that may be used for crop irrigation and cooking (22).

Included in the segment are products for what the company calls the «artificial lift» market — pumping groundwater and hydrocarbon liquids out of oil and gas wells.

A better approach would be to foster collaborative projects aimed at resilient urban design, improved water treatment and efficiency (to cut demand for groundwater pumping) and landscape management in fast - growing delta cities and nearby regions.

While horizontal wells can decrease the number of vertical wells, and the associated environmental footprint directly above, the leaching of often undisclosed chemicals into groundwater is the main concern, ecologically and for public health.

Poor monsoon rains have diminished the water available for agriculture and groundwater reservoir replenishment in South Asia, as well as making it [continue reading...]

All such O&G wells are at least double cased in concrete and steel for at least 1000 feet down to insure there is no groundwater contact or contamination.

It is intended to provide information that can be used to support further research and analysis, with the ultimate goal of identifying a set of common elements of good governance for transboundary freshwater and marine water bodies as well as groundwater systems.

Developing energy from shale (and other tight - rock formations) using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling takes four to eight weeks — from preparing the site for development to production itself — after which the well can be in production up to 40 years.10 A well can be a mile or more deep and thousands of feet below groundwater zones vertically, before gradually turning horizontal.

Perhaps Jim D you should reconsider: The groundwater flow model will be developed using MODFLOW - 2000 (Harbaugh and others, 2000), and will use a commercial Graphical User Interface (GUI) to enhance pre - and post-processing tasks, as well as to allow for ease of use, model refinement, and updating.

A lifelong advocate for our coast, Williams championed required testing of groundwater before, during, and after hydraulic fracturing, which was included in California's regulations on fracking, and authored legislation to expand groundwater monitoring to other types of injection wells to protect underground sources of drinking water from oil and gas wastewater disposal.

Well diggers in Araihazar, Bangladesh will soon be able to take advantage of a cell phone - based data system, developed at the Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory with support from the Earth Institute at Columbia University, to target safe groundwater aquifers for installing new wells that are not tainted with arsenic.

Sustainable groundwater management means leaving enough groundwater in the ground to ensure safe and reliable water supplies not only for the short term, but for future generations as well.

«It's important to note that these CCR [Coal Combustion Residuals] monitoring wells are located immediately next to the CCR unit (basin, landfill, etc.) and do not reflect groundwater conditions farther away or off plant property where neighbors are located,» Erin Culbert a spokesperson for Duke Energy, said.

Well, for years many scientists have speculated that these massive, inhumane swine «factories» could become incubators for virulent super-pathogens that could quickly spread as a pandemic — whether it's through direct contact, contaminated groundwater, or by air travel.

The deeper the red, the emptier the region's groundwater stores — a better measurement for drought than surface water, since it's not as easily replenished — as compared to the average registered amount between 1948 and 2009.

The average methane concentration in shallow groundwater in active drilling areas fell within the defined action level (10 — 28 mg L - 1) for hazard mitigation recommended by the US Office of the Interior (13), and our maximum observed value of 64 mg L - 1 is well above this hazard level (Fig. 3).

Fracking has been linked to groundwater contamination in Pennsylvania, high ozone levels in Wyoming and to headaches, sore throats and difficulty breathing for people living close to wells in Colorado.

Of course, the industry says it is safe, going to far as to say that fracking «has been used for more than 60 years in more than one million U.S. wells without a single confirmed instance of groundwater contamination.»

It detailed how drilling deeper wells was speeding up contamination of groundwater supplies, and it provided the first 3D groundwater map which can help researchers show where water supplies are safe for drinking, and where water purification is needed.

The contamination of groundwater is of major concern for those who live near drilling operations and rely on drinking water wells.

Coordinated field activities for soil and groundwater sampling, well installation, and remediation systems.

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Venezia v. Coldwell Banker Sammis Realty (270 A.D. 2d 480)- buyer's action against seller for fraud for failing to disclose toxic contamination of untapped ground water beneath the property and surrounding area dismissed; cause of action against brokers severed; buyer's claim of fraud against seller was extinguished upon closing as a result of specific merger clause in contract of sale; moreover, buyer's failed to allege that seller made any representation about the condition of the land's subsurface or groundwater and did not allege that seller engaged in concealment or otherwise deceitful conduct designed to prevent the discovery of such contamination; seller is under no duty to speak; salesperson of one of the defendant real estate agencies represented to buyer that the house was in good condition