Regional Scale Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination from Unconventional Hydrocarbon Extraction
Soriano MA, Deziel NC, Saiers JE. Regional Scale Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination from Unconventional Hydrocarbon Extraction. Environmental Science And Technology 2022, 56: 12126-12136. PMID: 35960643, PMCID: PMC9454823, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00470.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroundwater vulnerabilityGroundwater contamination riskRegional-scale assessmentEnvironmental justice issuesUOG extractionShallow groundwaterSurface spillsSpatial transferabilityDomestic water wellsNortheastern USAContaminant transport processesGroundwater monitoringContamination riskStudy areaUnconventional hydrocarbon extractionScale assessmentDomestic purposesWater wellsContaminationSubsurface leakageVulnerability predictionHydrocarbon extractionModeling frameworkRegional modelGroundwater flow