How Does Groundwater Pumping Affect Streamflow?
www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3458&from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usgs%2FWater+(Newsroom+-+Water+Releases)#.UKecVYXbaWU Released: 11/16/2012 New USGS Report Describes Processes and Misconceptions Concerning the Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Streamflow Groundwater provides drinking water for millions of Americans and is the primary source of water to irrigate cropland in many of the nations most productive agricultural settings. Although the benefits of groundwater development are many, groundwater pumping… Read more
Study examines ownership, control of land with Marcellus Shale gas
live.psu.edu/story/60426#nw69 Wednesday, July 18, 2012 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Ownership of the land in Pennsylvania counties with the most Marcellus Shale natural-gas drilling activity is concentrated among relatively few residents and people living outside the counties, according to a study by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. The majority of residents in these… Read more
E.P.A. Official Seeks to Block West Virginia Mine
E.P.A. Official Seeks to Block West Virginia Mine By JOHN M. BRODER Published: October 15, 2010 WASHINGTON — A top federal regulator has recommended revoking the permit for one of the nation’s largest planned mountaintop removal mining projects, saying it would be devastating to miles of West Virginia streams and the plant and animal life… Read more
Proposal would allow holdout landowners to be forced to lease below-ground gas rights.
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Polling_for_gas_drilling_not_popular__especially_before_election_10-03-2010.html Posted: October 4 Updated: Today at 12:20 AM Polling for gas drilling not popular, especially before election Proposal would allow holdout landowners to be forced to lease below-ground gas rights. MARC LEVY Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG — Pooling isn’t popular. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s an obscure provision that was at the… Read more
Meters required for all wells
http://www.tnonline.com/node/128288 Meters required for all wells in Nesquehoning, PA Reported on Thursday, August 26, 2010 By CAROL ZICKLER TN Correspondent tneditor@tnonline.com “Tom Merman asked David Hawk, who serves as the borough’s Water Authority chairman, about putting meters on all of the wells in town that don’t have meters on them. Hawk answered that it is… Read more
Who owns groundwater in the aquifer?
http://www.mysanantonio.com/livinggreensa/84668452.html Web Posted: 02/18/2010 12:00 CST Who owns groundwater in the aquifer? By Colin McDonald – Express-News AUSTIN — The ownership and control of groundwater pumping rights in Texas is now in the hands of the state Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the nine justices heard arguments in a case that pits the right of a… Read more
