2022
Regional Scale Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination from Unconventional Hydrocarbon Extraction
Soriano MA, Deziel NC, Saiers JE. Regional Scale Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination from Unconventional Hydrocarbon Extraction. Environmental Science And Technology 2022, 56: 12126-12136. PMID: 35960643, PMCID: PMC9454823, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00470.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroundwater vulnerabilityGroundwater contamination riskRegional-scale assessmentEnvironmental justice issuesUOG extractionShallow groundwaterSurface spillsSpatial transferabilityDomestic water wellsNortheastern USAContaminant transport processesGroundwater monitoringContamination riskStudy areaUnconventional hydrocarbon extractionScale assessmentDomestic purposesWater wellsContaminationSubsurface leakageVulnerability predictionHydrocarbon extractionModeling frameworkRegional modelGroundwater flow
2021
Assessment of groundwater well vulnerability to contamination through physics-informed machine learning
Soriano M, Siegel H, Johnson N, Gutchess K, Xiong B, Li Y, Clark C, Plata D, Deziel N, Saiers J. Assessment of groundwater well vulnerability to contamination through physics-informed machine learning. Environmental Research Letters 2021, 16: 084013. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac10e0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWell vulnerabilityLarge-scale problemsPhysics-informed machineGroundwater risk assessmentGroundwater contamination riskMetamodel predictionsShallow aquiferGroundwater resourcesChemical signaturesScale problemsAnthropogenic activitiesContaminant releaseContaminant sourcesQuality recordsNatural gas productionMarcellus ShaleHigh spatial resolutionUnconventional oilHousehold wellsNortheastern PennsylvaniaFuture impactGas developmentGeographic information systemNecessary numberPB model