The team also is seeking additional funding to begin monitoring
groundwater wells near wastewater injection wells, where fracking brine is deposited after the wells are drilled.
Not exact matches
One study out of Duke University found a higher - than - average presence of methane in water
wells located close to fracking operations, but methane in
groundwater can come from a variety of sources, including organic decomposition
near the surface.
«Our results show that even among baseline
groundwater samples collected
near existing gas
wells, there is no evidence of systematic increased dissolved methane concentrations closer to oil / gas
wells.
Two state agencies are teaming up with farmers in a 185 - square - mile area
near Ginnie Springs to study
best - management practices, such as reducing
groundwater pumping and fertilizer use.
The study was part of the Defense Department budget because perfluorinated compounds have contaminated
groundwater wells on and
near military bases across the country, primarily through the use of firefighting foams.
On April 9, Entergy confirmed an increase in
groundwater tritium concentration in two monitoring
wells located
near Indian Point Unit 2.
Research has found that
groundwater nitrate levels in private
wells across the state are
nearing the state's drinking water standard of 10,000 micrograms per liter.
«At the Belews Creek site,
groundwater near the ash basin is actually moving away from neighbors»
wells.»
The contamination of
groundwater is of major concern for those who live
near drilling operations and rely on drinking water
wells.