Researchers work to fingerprint hydrofracking water quality
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 03:31
in Earth & Climate
Mary Beth Jones of Apalachin, N.Y., lives near "ground zero" of the hotly contested hydrofracking debate swirling across New York State. Her land sits above the gas-rich Marcellus Shale, and like many of her neighbors, Jones is concerned about risks of groundwater contamination associated with hydraulic fracturing. That's why she's agreed to be part of a Syracuse University study that aims to develop new tools to detect possible groundwater contamination associated with shale-bed methane production in the Appalachian Basin.