California Water Board Finds Oil-industry Contaminants in Water Wells

California Water Board Finds Oil-industry Contaminants in Water Wells: Center for Biological Diversity: Fracking Near Protected Groundwater Increasing in California
(Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity; April 11, 2019)


Featured Report:


2018 Annual Performance Report:  Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring in Areas of Oil and Gas Well Stimulation
(California State Water Resources Board; April 5, 2019)
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/groundwater/sb4/docs/2018_performance_measures.pdf


Also...


Prioritization of Oil and Gas Fields for Regional Groundwater Monitoring Based on Preliminary Assessment of Petroleum Resource Development and Proximity to California's Groundwater Resources
(DAVIS et al., 2018)
https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2018/5065/sir20185065_.pdf

Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring in Areas of Oil and Gas Well Stimulation
(Resolution No. 2015-0047, California State Water Resources Board;  Adopted July 7, 2015)
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/groundwater/sb4/docs/model_criteria_final_070715.pdf


Plus...


Oil producers plan costly groundwater-protection measures in western Kern
(John COX, Bakersfield Californian; April 20, 2019)
https://www.bakersfield.com/news/oil-producers-plan-costly-groundwater-protection-measures-in-western-kern/article_e77bbd64-62b9-11e9-835e-b32073f41993.html

Under Trump, U. S. drilling permits on federal lands soar
(Nichola GREEN, Reuters; April 12, 2019)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drilling-permits/under-trump-us-drilling-permits-on-federal-lands-soar-idUSKCN1RO18A

California regulators need to protect groundwater from oil and gas waste this time around
(Kyle FERRAR, FracTracker Alliance; March 22, 2018)
https://www.fractracker.org/2018/03/ca-protect-groundwater-waste/



Websites:


Water Quality in Areas of  Oil and Gas Production - Regional Groundwater Monitoring
(California State Water Resources Control Board)
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/groundwater/sb4/regional_monitoring/

California Oil, Gas and Groundwater (COGG) Program
(USGS)
https://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/oil-gas-groundwater/science/pathways/




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