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Natural Gas Well Activity in the Susquehanna Basin

Natural Gas Well Activity in the Susquehanna Basin. Geographic Location. Appalachian Basin Province – NY to PA, OH, MD, WV and VA – Trending northeast, spans a distance of approximately 600 linear miles, and 54,000 square miles

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Natural Gas Well Activity in the Susquehanna Basin

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  1. Natural Gas Well Activity in the Susquehanna Basin

  2. Geographic Location • Appalachian Basin Province – NY to PA, OH, MD, WV and VA – Trending northeast, spans a distance of approximately 600 linear miles, and 54,000 square miles – 72 percent of the Susquehanna River Basin is underlain by the Marcellus Shale

  3. Commission Regulation Water withdrawals §806.4(a)(2)(iii) (2) The Commission may deny an application, limit or condition an approval to ensure that the withdrawal will not cause significant adverse impacts to the water resources of the basin. The Commission may consider, without imitation, the following in its consideration of adverse impacts: Lowering of groundwater or stream flow levels; rendering competing supplies unreliable;affecting other water uses; causing water quality degradation that may be injurious to any existing or potential water use; affecting fish, wildlife or other living resources or their habitat; causing permanent loss of aquifer storage capacity; or affecting low flow of perennial or intermittent streams.

  4. Rendering competing supplies unreliable, Affecting other water uses

  5. Affecting fish, wildlife or other living resources or their habitat

  6. Environmental Screenings • Adjacent Wetlands • Wild/Scenic Rivers • Natural Diversity Inventory Search • PFBC • PADCNR • USFWS • Any Additional Water Quality Issues • Aquatic Nuisance Species

  7. Aquatic Resource Surveys • Background data • Correct protection level • Pass-by occurrence • No data available • Obsolete information • Special protection stream

  8. Affecting low flow of perennial or intermittent streams

  9. Maximum Approved Daily Consumptive Use Current Estimate

  10. Remote water quality monitoring • Temperature • pH • Conductance • Dissolved oxygen • Turbidity • Water depth

  11. Natural Gas Well Activity in the Susquehanna Basin Michael Brownell Chief, Water Resources Management Telephone: (717) 238-0423 E-mail: mbrownell@srbc.net

  12. Southwestern Energy Company Surface Water Withdrawals • Cold Creek (Giroux) - 0.249 mgd (peak day) • 20% ADF Passby • Mill Creek (Kennedy) - 0.249 mgd (peak day) • 20% ADF Passby • Ross Creek (Billings) - 0.249 mgd (peak day) • 20% ADF Passby • Tunkhannock Creek (Price) - 0.380 mgd (peak day) • 20% ADF Passby • Wyalusing Creek (Ferguson) - 1.500 mgd (peak day) • 20% ADF Passby • Wyalusing Creek (Campbell) - 1.500 mgd (peak day) • 20% ADF Passby

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