Groundwater Contamination from a Well Communication Event (“frac-out”) in New Freeport PA
Join Dr. John Stolz for an exclusive discussion of his recently published research on frac-out incidents in New Freeport PA. This timely webinar will explore the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing operations on local water quality.
What You’ll Learn:
Key findings from the groundwater contamination study
Understanding frac-out incidents and their environmental impact
The regulatory and policy implications of the research
About the Research: Dr. Stolz’s peer-reviewed study examines water quality impacts that resulted from a communication event between an unconventional well that was being hydraulically fractured, and a conventional well in New Freeport PA.
The research, published on September 17th, provides critical data on groundwater contamination and its effect on the local community’s drinking water. Dr. Stolz previously presented the preliminary findings at the Shale Gas and Public Health Conference this past March.
Speaker: Dr. John Stolz, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Science.
Dr Stolz has a BS degree in biology from Fordham University and a PhD from Boston University. He was an NRC Post doctoral fellow at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, and an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Plant Biology in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His main research interests are in the microbial metabolism of metals and metalloids including arsenic, selenium, and nitrate; and water quality impacts of unconventional shale gas extraction. He is a AAAS Fellow and recipient of the Dewey Award from Clean Water Action. Dr. Stolz has published 107 journal articles, 48 book chapters, and author-edited three books including “Environmental Impacts from the Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reserves” with Cambridge University Press.