Fracking, water quality and public health examining current laws and regulation.

Fracking, water quality and public health [electronic resource] : examining current laws and regulation.

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Summary: Improved technology developments in directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as "fracking," have resulted in an oil and gas production boom nationwide. Fracking involves pumping pressurized water, sand, and chemicals down wells to crack bedrock, freeing p...

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Online Access: Electronic version (Unrestricted access)
Corporate Authors: Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment. Intermountain Oil and Gas BMP Project, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Network for Public Health Law, American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Public Health Law Research Program
Other title:Getches-Wilkinson Center collection
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment, 2014.
Subjects:
Hydraulic fracturing > Law and legislation > United States.
Hydraulic fracturing > Environmental aspects > United States.
Hydraulic fracturing > Health aspects > United States.
Groundwater > Health aspects > United States.
Groundwater > Quality > United States.
Groundwater > Pollution > United States.
Water-supply > United States.

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Call Number: KF1849 .U5644 2014i
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