Produced Water Workshop
HEI Energy Workshop: Community Exposures to Produced Water
HEI Energy’s Produced Water Workshop provides an opportunity to discuss and assess our understanding of community exposures associated with produced water use outside the oil field. The materials below offer information on the workshop agenda as well as background information relevant to produced water and state consortia working with produced water. More information about the Health Effects Institute is available as well.
Information About the Workshop
Reports and Information on Produced Water
[Database] HEI Energy Literature Hub and Spatial Bibliography: https://www.heienergy.org/literature-hub
HEI Energy. Potential Human Exposures to Produced Water from Onshore Oil and Gas Production. December 2023: https://www.heienergy.org/system/files/hei-energy-brief-5-produced-water.pdf
Groundwater Protection Council (GWPC). Produced Water Report Update. May 2023: https://www.gwpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-Produced-Water-Report-Update-FINAL-REPORT.pdf
[Database] USGS PW Geochemical Database (December 2023): https://www.usgs.gov/tools/us-geological-survey-national-produced-waters-geochemical-database-ver-30-december-2023
[Database] List of chemicals identified as being present in produced water. The chemicals were reported in the paper by Danforth et al. (2020) entitled "An integrative method for identification and prioritization of constituents of concern in produced water from onshore oil and gas extraction."
[Database] CompTox Chemicals Dashboard v2.4.1.US Environmental Protection Agency. Chemicals in Produced Water. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical-lists/PRODWATER
EPA. Summary of Input on Oil and Gas Extraction Wastewater Management Practices Under the Clean Water Act. May 2020: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/documents/oil-gas-final-report-2020.pdf
EPA. Detailed Study of the Centralized Waste Treatment Point Source Category for Facilities Managing Oil and Gas Extraction Wastes. May 2018: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2018-05/documents/cwt-study_may-2018.pdf
Groundwater Protection Council (GWPC). Produced Water Report: Regulations, Current Practices, and Research Needs. June 2019: https://www.gwpc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Produced_Water_Full_Report___Digital_Use.pdf
EPA. Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas: Impacts from the Hydraulic Fracturing Water Cycle on Drinking Water Resources in the United States (Final Report). December 2016: https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/hfstudy/recordisplay.cfm?deid=332990
State Produced Water Consortia Information
In 2019, New Mexico passed House Bill 546, which included the Produced Water Act and amended parts of the Water Quality Act. The New Mexico Produced Water Research Consortium (NMPWC) was initiated in 2019 under an MOU between the New Mexico Environment Department and NMSU. The Consortium’s stated mission is to “to advance scientific research and technology development required to guide future statewide produced water reuse policy.”
Texas Produced Water Consortium (TxPWC) was established in 2021 through SB601, with Texas Tech University serving administrative oversight along with the Government Agency Advisory Council and the Stakeholder Advisory Council. Under the Act, the consortium was charged with developing a report with suggested changes to the law to better enable beneficial uses of produced water outside of industry, guidance on permitting and testing standards, guidance on developing a pilot project, and economic model.
Passed in 2023, HB 1242 established the Colorado Produced Water Consortium (CPWC) in the Department of Natural Resources. The CWPC is to make recommendations to state agencies regarding the recycling and reuse of produced water, develop guidance documents to promote best practices for in-field recycling and reuse of produced water, and to reduce the consumption of freshwater within oil and gas operations.
Health Effects Institute information and publications
HEI Energy Website: https://www.heienergy.org/
HEI Energy Publications: https://www.heienergy.org/publications
HEI Energy Research Factsheet: https://www.heienergy.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/five-exposure-studies-32022.pdf
HEI Energy Literature Hub and Spatial Bibliography: https://www.heienergy.org/literature-hub
Health Effects Institute Website: https://www.healtheffects.org/
Health Effects Institute Publications: https://www.healtheffects.org/publications
Health Effects Institute Factsheet: https://www.healtheffects.org/publication/systematic-review-and-meta-analysis-selected-health-effects-long-term-exposure-traffic
State of Global Air Website: https://www.stateofglobalair.org/
State of Global Air Reports and Resources: https://www.stateofglobalair.org/reports-resources
State of Global Air Factsheet: https://www.stateofglobalair.org/resources/factsheet/air-pollution-and-your-health
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