| Description |
1 online resource : charts (some colour), colour illustrations, colour maps |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Shale gas extraction: how it impacts water -- 2.1 Depleting water resources -- 2.1.1 Other stressors: droughts and hydrology changes -- 2.2 Water contamination risks -- 2.2.1 Sub-surface contamination risks -- 2.2.2 Surface contamination risks -- 2.2.3 Blow-out risks -- 3. Regulating water use by British Columbia's gas industry -- 3.1 Overview of the Oil and Gas Commission -- 3.2 Allocating water -- 3.2.1 Gaps in well regulation -- 3.2.2 Problems with short-term surface permits -- 3.2.3 Incomplete picture of oil and gas water use -- 3.2.4 Gaps in the oversight of water use in northeastern British Columbia -- 3.3 Reporting water withdrawals -- 3.4 Baseline data -- 3.5 Disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals -- 3.6 Disposal of flowback water -- 3.7 Enforcement and compliance -- 4. Developments in other jurisdictions -- 4.1 Disclosure -- 4.2 Hydraulic fracturing moratoriums -- 5. Recommendations |
| Summary |
British Columbia has been extracting natural gas for half of a century but until recently, conventional wisdom held that the province's economic gas reserves would be significantly depleted by 2020; the readily accessible gas was running out and other reserves were either too remote or too costly to extract. That notion has been challenged in the past several years because the costs of extracting hard-to-access sources of gas, notably shale gas, have dropped significantly. The impacts are far-reaching, as it is now known that B.C. is located on top of gas reserves that are significant not only provincially but also on a continental scale |
| Notes |
Title from PDF cover page |
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"September 2011"--PDF cover page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF version (Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collection, viewed January 21, 2021) |
| Subject |
Shale gas industry -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia
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Shale gas industry -- British Columbia -- Water-supply
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Bc oil and gas commission.
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Blowout (well drilling)
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Groundwater.
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Hydraulic fracturing.
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Natural environment.
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Natural gas.
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Natural resources.
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Petroleum.
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Safe drinking water act.
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Shale gas.
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British Columbia
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Horne, Matt (Climate policy manager), author.
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Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development, issuing body.
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