Hydraulic Fracturing

Funding Year: 2015-2016

This research team studied the potential groundwater and human health impacts of surface spills containing chemicals used for unconventional oil and gas exploration.

2015-2016 activities:

  • Hydraulic Fracturing and EPA meeting, April 2016
  • Hydraulic Fracturing Open House poster
  • Hydraulic fracturing chemical spills on agricultural land need scrutiny, say CSU researchers, SOURCE story June 2016

Principal Investigators:

  • Thomas Borch, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
  • Yury Desyaterik, Department of Atmospheric Science
  • Jens Blotevogel, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • William Hanneman, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences