Risk assessment of brine contamination to aquatic resources from energy development in glacial drift deposits: Williston Basin, USA

Preston, Todd M.; Chesley-Preston, Tara

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.054

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“…Quantifying cumulative landscape‐level effects is a challenge that other researchers have dealt with and that we attempted to address via the development of our disturbance index (Cote et al , Craig et al ). Although we observed minimal landscape‐level effects of oil and gas disturbance on brood abundance, development also has the potential to effect waterfowl at much smaller scales in the form of increased water contamination (Preston and Chesley‐Preston , Lauer et al ) and reduced invertebrate diversity that are crucial for brood development (Preston et al ). These factors could accumulate over time to have broadly deleterious effects on waterfowl productivity if females with broods do not avoid wetlands with reduced water or invertebrate quality.…”

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Impacts of oil and gas development on duck brood abundance

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The extraction of oil and natural gas from reserves in the Bakken Formation has increased from 2004 to 2017 in North Dakota and northeast Montana, USA. High development areas overlap substantially with wetlands and grasslands identified as high priority for waterfowl conservation in the Prairie Pothole Region. To test for anthropogenic disturbance on waterfowl brood abundance, we conducted repeat‐visit waterfowl brood surveys during 2014–2017. We tested hypotheses about disturbance and brood abundance using hierarchical zero‐inflated Poisson models and a spatially and temporally explicit disturbance index within 3 radii (0.32 km, 0.64 km, 1.51 km). Model selection supported detection and abundance parameters that were consistent with previous research and suggested that brood abundance was higher in landscapes with high densities of small, shallow wetlands. Our analysis also demonstrated a negative relationship between abundance and the disturbance index for the smallest spatial radius (0.32 km); however, the effect size was small and predictions suggested that <1% of the broods in the sample population were affected. Considering this relatively weak negative relationship and the continued role of wetlands as the primary factor influencing brood abundance, we recommended that managers continue to focus conservation efforts in landscapes with high densities of small, unprotected wetlands, even in the presence of oil and gas development. © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Wildlife Management Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Wildlife Society.

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“…Three investigations used spatial datasets to identify vulnerability of aquatic resources to brine contamination. Two of these investigations identified vulnerability to brine contamination based on two oilfield properties (the oil well age and density of oil wells) and three hydrogeologi cal properties (surficial geology, wetland cover, and stream reach) in 1-mi2 areas (Preston and others, 2014;Preston and Chesley-Preston, 2015). The latter investigation spanned most of the Williston Basin and determined that most 1-mi2 areas in the Williston Basin had minimal risk.…”

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Potential effects of energy development on environmental resources of the Williston Basin in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota—Physiography, climate, land use, and demographics

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Burg³

2022

Scientific Investigations Report

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Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (°F) may be converted to degrees Celsius (°C) as follows: °C = (°F -32) / 1.8 viii Datum Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).Altitude, as used in this report, refers to distance above the vertical datum. Supplemental InformationConcentrations of chemical constituents in water are given in either milligrams per liter (mg/L), parts per billion (ppb), or micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m 3 ).

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“…Previous studies identified pronounced effects on water quality from brine contamination of surface water and groundwater (aquatic) resources in the PPR (e.g. Preston & Chesley-Preston 2015). Williston Basin brine is dominated by sodium chloride and has some of the greatest total dissolved solid (TDS) concentrations in the USA with values >450,000 mg/L (Otton 2006).…”

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Effects of energy development on wetland plants and macroinvertebrate communities in Prairie Pothole Region wetlands

Preston

Ray

2016

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

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Energy production in the Williston Basin, USA, results in the coproduction of highly saline, sodium chloride-dominated water (brine). The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) overlies the northeastern portion of the Williston Basin. Although PPR wetlands span a range of salinity, the dominant salt is sodium sulfate, and salinities are much lower than brine. Introduction of brine to wetlands can result in pronounced water-quality changes; however, the ecological effects of such contamination are poorly understood. We examined the effects of brine contamination on primary productivity, emergent macrophyte tissue chemistry, and invertebrate communities from 10 wetlands in the PPR. Based on a recognized Contamination Index (CI) used to identify brine contamination in the PPR, water-quality samples indicated that six wetlands were uncontaminated while four were contaminated. Across this gradient, we observed a significant decrease in above-ground biomass and a significant increase in tissue chloride concentrations of hardstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus acutus) with increased CI values. Additionally, a significant decrease in macroinvertebrate taxonomic richness with increased CI values was observed. These findings provide needed insight on the biological effects of brine contamination on PPR wetlands.

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Risk assessment of brine contamination to aquatic resources from energy development in glacial drift deposits: Williston Basin, USA

Cited by 13 publications

References 19 publications

Impacts of oil and gas development on duck brood abundance

Impacts of oil and gas development on duck brood abundance

Potential effects of energy development on environmental resources of the Williston Basin in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota—Physiography, climate, land use, and demographics

Effects of energy development on wetland plants and macroinvertebrate communities in Prairie Pothole Region wetlands

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