Studies Surrounding CBM Water Quality Issues, 2003 to Present
The following list of studies address Coal Bed Methane produced water issues from about 2003 on. It is not intended to be a complete list; there may be other studies available from this time period that address CBM produced water management as well.
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A Comparison of Coalbed Methane Product Water Quality Versus Surface Water Quality in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, and An Assessment of the Use of Standard Aquatic Toxicity Testing Organisms for Evaluating the Potential Effects of Coalbed Methane Product Waters Susan Clearwater, Brady Morris & Joseph Meyer 2002
Irrigation Water Quality Criteria T.A. Bauder, R.M. Waskom, and J.G. Davis. CROP SERIES: IRRIGATION No. 0.506. Colorado State University Cooperative Extension. 2004
Measured and Estimated Sodium-Adsorption Ratios for Tongue River and it's Tributaries, Montana and Wyoming 2004 - 2006 USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5072 M.R. Cannon, David A. Nimick, Thomas E. Cleasby, Stacy M. Kinsey, and John H. Lambing. 2007
Water-Quality Characteristics, Including Sodium-Adsorption Ratios, for Four Sites in the Powder River Drainage Basin, Wyoming and Montana,Water Years 2001-2004: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5113 Melanie L. Clark and Jon P. Mason. 2006
Water-Quality Characteristics for Sites in the Tongue, Powder, Cheyenne, and Belle Fourche River Drainage Basins, Wyoming and Montana, Water Years 2001-2005, With Temporal Patterns of Selected Long-term Water-Quality Data: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5146 Melanie L. Clark and Jon P. Mason. 2007
Infiltration into Cropped Soils: Effect of Rain and Sodium Adsorption Ration - Impacted Irrigation Water Donald L. Suarez, James D. Wood and Scott M. Lesch. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY -SPECIAL SUBMISSIONS Vol. 37, 2008
Effect of SAR on Water Infiltration Under a Sequential Rain-Irrigation Management System Donald L. Suarez, James D. Wood and Scott M. Lesch. AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT Vol. 86, 2006
Evaluation of Water Quality Criteria for Rain-Irrigation Cropping Systems Donald L. Suarez, James D. Wood and Scott M. Lesch. Salinity Laboratory USDA-ARS Final Report to EPA June 30, 2006
A Review of the Report: EVALUATION OF WATER QUALITY CRITERIA FOR RAIN-IRRIGATION CROPPING SYSTEMS. Prepared by Kevin Harvey
Tongue River Modeling Approach and Results Prepared by Ron Steg with technical support provided by TetraTech, Inc. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8 Montana Operations Office, April 6, 2007
Pre- and Post-Coal Bed Natural Gas Development Surface Water Quality Characteristics of Agricultural Concern in the Upper Tongue River Watershed Helen E. Dawson, U.S. EPA, Region 8, Denver, CO
Water Quality Changes as a Result of Coalbed Methane Development in a Rocky Mountain Watershed. Xixi Wang, Assefa M. Melesse, Michael E. McClain, and Wanhong Yang. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION Vol. 43, No. 6 December 2007
Rainfall induced dispersion and hydraulic conductivity reduction under low SAR x EC combinations in smectite-dominated soils of eastern Montana. James W. Bauder, Montana State University Bozeman, MT
Infiltration from an impoundment for coal-bed natural gas, Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Evolution of water and sediment chemistry. Richard W. Healy, Cynthia A. Rice, Timothy T. Bartos, and Michael P. McKinley. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, VOL. 44, 2008
Powder River Watershed Stream Water Quality Pre- and Post-CBM Development. Helen Dawson, US EPA Region 8. March 2007
Tongue River Agronomic Monitoring and Protection Program. William Schafer, Neal Fehringer, Dina Brown, and HydroSolutions Inc. June 2009
Environmental Tracers Applied to Quantifying Causes in Water Quality Along the Powder River, Wyoming. Carol Frost, Elizabeth Brink, Jason Mailloux, Shaun Carter, and Shikka Sharma. 2009
Tracing Coalbed Natural Gas-Coproduced Water Using Stable Isotopes of Carbon. S. Sharma and C.D. Frost. GROUND WATER, Vol 46, No. 2, March-April 2008
EXPERT SCIENTIFIC OPINION ON THE TIER-2 METHODOLGY. Report to the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council. Jan M.H. Hendrickx, Bruce A. Buchanan. May 2009
EXPERT SCIENTIFIC OPINION ON THE TIER-2 METHODOLGY. Report to the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council. Jan M.H. Hendrickx Bruce A. Buchanan. September 2009
Soil Chemical Changes Resulting from Irrigation with Water Co-Produced with Coalbed Natural gas. Girisha K. Ganjegunte, George F. Vance, Lyle A. King. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Vol. 34 2005
Cumulative Soil Chemistry Changes from Land application of Saline-Sodic Waters. Girisha K. Ganjegunte, Lyle A. King and George F. Vance. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Vol. 37 2008
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Status Report Powder River TMDL Planning Area. Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Tetra Tech Inc. and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. March 14, 2003.
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Status Report Rosebud Creek TMDL Planning Area. Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Tetra Tech Inc. and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. March 14, 2003.
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Status Report Tongue River TMDL Planning Area. Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Tetra Tech Inc. and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. March 14, 2003.
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Chemistry of Coalbed Methane Discharge Water Interacting With Semi-Arid Ephemeral Stream Channels Marji J. Patz, Katta J. Reddy, and Quentin D. Skinner. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION Vol. 40, No. 5, 2004 (Full text available by subscription)
Modelling potential impacts of coalbed methane development on stream water quality in an American watershed Xixi Wang and Wanhong Yang. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES Vol. 22, No. 1, 2008 (Full text available by subscription)
Coalbed Methane Product Water Chemistry in Three Wyoming Watersheds Ian H. McBeth, Katta J. Reddy, and Quentin D. Skinner. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION Vol. 39, No. 3, 2003 (Full text available by subscription)
Soil Solution and Exchange Complex Response to Repeated Wetting-Drying with Modestly Saline-Sodic Water James W. Bauder, Kimberly R. Hershberger and Linzy S. Browning. IRRIGATION SCIENCE Vol. 26 No. 2, 2008 (Full text available by subscription)
Trace elements in Coalbed Methane Produced Water Interacting with Semi-arid ephemeral stream Channels. M.J. Patz, K.J. Reddy, and Q.D. Skinner. WATER, AIR, AND SOIL POLLUTION Vol. 170 2006 (Full text available by subscription)
Trace Element Chemistry of Coal Bed Natural Gas Produced Water in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming. Richard E. Jackson and K.J. Reddy. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol. 41, no. 17 2007 (Full text available by subscription)
Geochemistry of Coalbed Natural Gas (CBNG) Produced water in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Salinity and Sodicity. Richard E. Jackson and K.J. Reddy. WATER, AIR, AND SOIL POLLUTION Vol. 184 2007 (Full text available by subscription)
Chemistry of Trace Elements in Coalbed Methane Product Water. Ian H. McBeth, Katta J. Reddy and Quentin D. Skinner. JOURNAL OF WATER RESEARCH Vol. 37, 2003 (Full text available by subscription)
Strontium isotopes as indicators of aquifer communication in an area of coal-bed natural gas production, Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana. Catherine E. Campbell, Benjamin N. Pearon and Carol D. Frost. ROCKY MOUNTAIN GEOLOGY Vol. 43, no. 2 2008 (Full text available by subscription)
The Geochemical Evolution of Water Coproduced with Coalbed Natural Gas in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming. Elizabeth L. Brink, James I. Drever and Carol D. Frost. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCES Vol. 15, no. 4 2008 (Full text available by subscription)
Irrigation with Coalbed Natural gas Co-produced Water. Christopher R. Johnston, George F. Vance and Girisha K. Ganjegunte. AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT Vol. 95 2008 (Full text available by subscription)
Water Quality Standards and Policies for Coalbed Natural Gas Produced Water in Wyoming. G. Paige and L.C. Munn. Chapter 15. In K.J. Reddy (ed.) COALBED METHANE:ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT. Nova Science Publishers, New York. 2010 (Full text of publication available for purchase at Publishers website)
Monitoring Geochemistry of CBNG Produced Water Outfalls, Disposal Ponds, and Sediments in the Powder river Basin, Wyoming. C. Milligan, K.J. Reddy, K.J. and D. Legg. Chapter 8. In K.J. Reddy (ed.) COALBED METHANE: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT. Nova Science Publishers, New York. 2010 (Full text of publication available for purchase at Publishers website)
