Water Quality Technical Report Water Quality Impacts from Coal Bed Methane Development in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana
Horpestad A, Skaar D, Dawson H. 2001. Water Quality Technical Report Water Quality Impacts from Coal Bed Methane Development in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana
This analysis is intended to assess how discharges from Coal Bed Methane (CBM) wells in Wyoming and Montana may, due to their cumulative effects on water quality, impact irrigation, riparian plant communities, and aquatic resources.1 Since some contaminants in CBM discharges, if undiluted, are known to have adverse effects, the questions addressed are: 1) in which streams would CBM produced water cause unacceptable adverse impacts, and 2) by what amount would the discharge need to be limited in order to avoid adverse impact.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Horpestad, Abe; Skaar, Don; Dawson, Helen
- Date of Issue
- 2001-12-18
- Units
- GLAC
- Keywords
- Irrigation, Riparian, Streams