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Water Quality and Hydraulic Fracturing
June 25, 2012 | USGS

“The effects of unconventional oil and gas development and production on regional water quality have not been previously described despite the fact that oil and gas development in the United States began nearly 150 years ago, and more than 4 million oil-and gas-related wells have been drilled with an increasing trend in the use of hydraulic fracturing.” Quoted from the USGS Fact Sheet


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