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Water use in unconventional oil and gas development: an assessment on water use metric evaluation and selection

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Abstract

This study identifies five data input categories essential to quantifying water use and the environmental impacts via water use metrics (i.e., Water Footprints) when evaluating water use during upstream unconventional oil and gas. Published water use metrics, which included provisions for addressing each of the five categories, were selected for evaluation. The selected metrics were compared and evaluated against data parameters defined within each of the input categories. Finally, a decision tree for method selection, which differentiates between assessment mechanisms, impact indicator, and result units, is presented to facilitate method selection of future studies of water use in unconventional oil and gas development.

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Title
Water use in unconventional oil and gas development: an assessment on water use metric evaluation and selection
Authors
Kelsey McAuliff
Rehan Sadiq
Kasun Hewage
Publication date
13-10-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy / Issue 10/2017
Print ISSN: 1618-954X
Electronic ISSN: 1618-9558
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-017-1431-0
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