Colorado Water Watch has a network of monitoring stations equipped with real-time water quality sensors. These sensors are capable of detecting...
‘Hydraulic fracturing’ or ‘Fracking’ has become highly controversial in recent years. More than 90 percent of new wells in the US are completed using...
The CWW monitoring stations are equipped with real-time water quality sensors and are situated in close proximity to oil and gas operations...
The recent marriage of horizontal drilling and fracking has helped shift the balance of domestic oil and natural gas production, as well as imports/exports...
A systematic approach was adapted since inception, in order to plan and execute the real time monitoring network to obtain scientifically valid...
Last year, 63% of the state’s 2,172 new oil and natural gas wells were drilled in Weld County. The CWW monitoring sites are and will be positioned within...
The CWW is a part of the Center for Energy Water Sustainability at Colorado State University’s Energy Institute. Only the CWW team at CSU will have the...
What is Colorado Water Watch? Real time groundwater monitoring system that looks for CHANGES in baseline groundwater quality from the COGCC’s...
The CWW monitoring station sites are carefully chosen based on analyzing various criteria. Sophisticated multi-criteria spatial decision analysis...
Since it is practically infeasible to measure for all the individual contamination components in real time in the field, CWW has established lab verified...
The criteria for monitor/sensor selection was based on: The capability of measuring the required parameters with accuracy; Reliable equipment quality for long term...
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Public concerns related to the fast-growing shale oil and gas industry have increased during recent years. The major concern regarding...
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Public concerns over potential environmental contamination associated with oil and gas well drilling and fracturing in the Wattenberg...
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Efficient use of water, particularly in the western U.S., is an increasingly important aspect of many activities including agriculture, urban...
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The potential of shale as a natural gas resource has been known for decades, however, the technology needed for extracting the available gas...
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Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, is the process of creating small cracks, or fractures, in underground geological...
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The Colorado Water Watch demonstration project will soon begin water table monitoring in test wells at roughly 10 Noble production sites...
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Natural gas is vital to our country's energy security and economy, and natural gas can be produced in a way that respects local and...
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Reducing Surface Footprint with Horizontal Drilling, fracking fluids are comprised of 90% water, the pressure of the water creates tiny fissures...
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Editor Joe Romm and Professor Ken Carlson discuss whether fracking can be a clean and safe source of energy and if it can help transition...
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LISTENING to the polarized energy debate in the United States, you might think natural gas was an economic and geopolitical cure-all — or an...
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Most efforts to slow the natural gas drilling boom in the United States have focused on questions about the environmental impacts of the...
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A new report commissioned by Environment Canada says there's little information about the effects of shale gas development on...
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‘Hydraulic fracturing’ or ‘Fracking’ is a technique used to extract oil and natural gas trapped thousands of feet underground by injecting highly pressurized fluids.
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On the second day of his vacation, surrounded by science fiction and comic book fans at Comic Con, Alan Salazar looked around the San Diego...
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Because of the public’s interest in and concern about the potential impacts of fracking on public health and the environment, including surface...
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Colorado State University water engineers have come up with deep-well sensors, which are inserted in gas and oil wells to monitor any impact...
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A website that provides real-time information about water quality around oil and natural gas sites in the Denver-Julesburg Basin launched Wednesday...
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Colorado State University researchers today launched a tool that allows residents to monitor groundwater quality at oil and gas fields from the comfort...
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A steady stream of data collected at oil and natural gas sites in the Denver-Julesburg Basin flows into a server at CSU, where researchers use it to...
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A real-time system for monitoring water quality in the state's oil and gas regions was unveiled Wednesday by Colorado State University researchers....
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A steady stream of data collected at oil and natural gas sites in the Denver-Julesburg Basin flows into a server at CSU, where researchers use it to...
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For the first time, Colorado residents, regulators and other stakeholders will have access to water quality information gathered in real-time at oil and natural...
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Homeowners and landowners have long expressed concerns about how the fracking process impacts water quality. Colorado regulations require water...