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Echchelh A, Hutchison JM, Randtke SJ, Peltier E. Treated water from oil and gas extraction as an unconventional water resource for agriculture in the Anadarko Basin. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:168820. [PMID: 38036148 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
Abstract
The energy industry generates large volumes of produced water (PW) as a byproduct of oil and gas extraction. In the central United States, PW disposal occurs through deep well injection, which can increase seismic activity. The treatment of PW for use in agriculture is an alternative to current disposal practices that can also provide supplemental water in regions where limited freshwater sources can affect agricultural production. This paper assesses the potential for developing PW as a water source for agriculture in the Anadarko basin, a major oil and gas field spanning parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas. From 2011 to 2019, assessment of state oil and gas databases indicated that PW generation in the Anadarko Basin averaged 428 million m3/yr. A techno-economic analysis of PW treatment was combined with geographical information on PW availability and composition to assess the costs and energy requirements to recover this PW as a non-conventional water resource for agriculture. The volume of freshwater economically extractable from PW was estimated to be between 58 million m3 per year using reverse osmosis (RO) treatment only and 82 million m3 per year using a combination of RO and mechanical vapor compression to treat higher salinity waters. These volumes could meet 1-2 % and 49-70 % of the irrigation and livestock water demands in the basin, respectively. PW recovery could also modestly contribute to mitigating the decline of the Ogallala aquifer by ~2 %. RO treatment costs and energy requirements, 0.3-1.5 $/m3 and 1.01-2.65 kWh/m3, respectively, are similar to those for deep well injection. Treatment of higher salinity waters increases costs and energy requirements substantially and is likely not economically feasible in most cases. The approach presented here provides a valuable framework for assessing PW as a supplemental water source in regions facing similar challenges.
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- Alban Echchelh
- Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States
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- Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States
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- Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States
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- Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States.
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Zhou S, Li Z, Peng S, Jiang J, Han X, Chen X, Jin X, Zhang D, Lu P. River water influenced by shale gas wastewater discharge for paddy irrigation has limited effects on soil properties and microbial communities. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 251:114552. [PMID: 36652741 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The processes of hydraulic fracturing to extract shale gas generate a large amount of wastewater, and the potential impacts of wastewater discharge after treatment are concerning. In this field study, we investigated the effects of the irrigation of paddy fields for 2 consecutive years by river water that has been influenced by shale gas wastewater discharge on soil physicochemical properties, microbial community structure and function, and rice grain quality. The results showed that conductivity, chloride and sulfate ions in paddy soils downstream of the outfall showed an accumulative trend after two years of irrigation, but these changes occurred on a small scale (<500 m). Two-year irrigation did not cause the accumulation of trace metals (barium, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, strontium, zinc, nickel, and uranium) in soil and rice grains. Among all soil parameters, the accumulation of chloride ions was the most pronounced, with concentrations in the paddy soil at the discharge site 13.3 times higher than at the upstream control site. The use of influenced river water for paddy irrigation positively increased the soil microbial diversity, but these changes occurred after two years of irrigation and did not occur after one year of irrigation. Overall, the use of river water affected by shale gas wastewater discharge for agricultural irrigation has limited effects on agroecosystems over a short period. Nevertheless, the possible negative effects of contaminant accumulation in soil and rice caused by longer-term irrigation should be seriously considered.
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- Shangbo Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China; Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China; Department of Environmental Science, School of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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- Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, School of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China; Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China; Department of Environmental Science, School of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China; Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China; Department of Environmental Science, School of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China.
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Kindschuh WF, Baldini F, Liu MC, Liao J, Meydan Y, Lee HH, Heinken A, Thiele I, Thaiss CA, Levy M, Korem T. Preterm birth is associated with xenobiotics and predicted by the vaginal metabolome. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:246-259. [PMID: 36635575 PMCID: PMC9894755 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-022-01293-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) is a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, yet its prevention and early risk stratification are limited. Previous investigations have suggested that vaginal microbes and metabolites may be implicated in sPTB. Here we performed untargeted metabolomics on 232 second-trimester vaginal samples, 80 from pregnancies ending preterm. We find multiple associations between vaginal metabolites and subsequent preterm birth, and propose that several of these metabolites, including diethanolamine and ethyl glucoside, are exogenous. We observe associations between the metabolome and microbiome profiles previously obtained using 16S ribosomal RNA amplicon sequencing, including correlations between bacteria considered suboptimal, such as Gardnerella vaginalis, and metabolites enriched in term pregnancies, such as tyramine. We investigate these associations using metabolic models. We use machine learning models to predict sPTB risk from metabolite levels, weeks to months before birth, with good accuracy (area under receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.78). These models, which we validate using two external cohorts, are more accurate than microbiome-based and maternal covariates-based models (area under receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.55-0.59). Our results demonstrate the potential of vaginal metabolites as early biomarkers of sPTB and highlight exogenous exposures as potential risk factors for prematurity.
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- William F Kindschuh
- Program for Mathematical Genomics, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Program for Mathematical Genomics, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Program for Mathematical Genomics, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Program for Mathematical Genomics, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Program for Mathematical Genomics, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Program for Mathematical Genomics, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- School of Medicine, University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Discipline of Microbiology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Ryan Institute, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
- APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Program for Mathematical Genomics, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
- CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program, CIFAR, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Shahriar A, Hanigan D, Verburg P, Pagilla K, Yang Y. Modeling the fate of ionizable pharmaceutical and personal care products (iPPCPs) in soil-plant systems: pH and speciation. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 315:120367. [PMID: 36240970 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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A model was developed to simulate the pH-dependent speciation and fate of ionizable pharmaceutical and personal care products (iPPCPs) in soils and their plant uptake during thedt application of reclaimed wastewater to agricultural soils. The simulation showed that pH plays an important role in regulating the plant uptake of iPPCPs, i.e., ibuprofen (IBU; with a carboxylic group), triclosan (TCS; phenolic group), and fluoxetine (FXT; amine group) as model compounds. It took 89-487 days for various iPPCPs to reach the steady-state concentrations in soil and plant tissues. The simulated steady-state concentrations of iPPCPs in plant tissues at pH 9 is 2.2-2.3, 2.5-2.6, and 1.07-1.08 times that at pH 5 for IBU, TCS, and FXT, respectively. Assuming sorption only for neutral compounds led to miscalculation of iPPCPs concentrations in plant tissues by up to one and half orders magnitude. Efflux of compounds in soil, lettuce leaf, and soybean pods was primarily contributed by their degradation in soil and dilution due to plant tissue growth. Overall, the results demonstrated the importance of considering pH and speciation of iPPCPs when simulating their fate in the soil-plant system and plant uptake.
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- Abrar Shahriar
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV, 89557, USA.
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Sedlacko EM, Heuberger AL, Chaparro JM, Cath TY, Higgins CP. Metabolomics reveals primary response of wheat (Triticum aestivum) to irrigation with oilfield produced water. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 212:113547. [PMID: 35660401 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The reuse of oilfield produced water (PW) for agricultural irrigation has received increased attention for utility in drought-stricken regions. It was recently demonstrated that PW irrigation can affect physiological processes in food crops. However, metabolomic evaluations are important to further discern specific mechanisms of how PW may contribute as a plant-environmental stressor. Herein, the primary metabolic responses of wheat irrigated with PW and matching salinity controls were investigated. Non-targeted gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) metabolomics was combined with multivariate analysis and revealed that PW irrigation altered the primary metabolic profiles of both wheat leaf and grain. Over 600 compounds (183 annotated metabolites) were detected that varied between controls (salinity control and tap water) and PW irrigated plants. While some of these changed metabolites are related to salinity stress, over half were found to be unique to PW. The primary metabolites exhibiting changes in abundance in leaf and grain tissues were amines/amino acids, organic acids, and saccharides. Metabolite pathway analysis revealed that amino acid metabolism, sugar metabolism, and nitrogen remobilization are all impacted by PW irrigation, independent of regular plant responses to salinity stress. These data, when combined with prior physiological studies, support a multi-faceted, physio-metabolic response of wheat to the unique stressor imposed by irrigation with PW.
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- Erin M Sedlacko
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA; Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA; Analytical Resources Core - Bioanalysis and Omics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, 80401, USA.
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Mitigating membrane wetting in the treatment of unconventional oil and gas wastewater by membrane distillation: A comparison of pretreatment with omniphobic membrane. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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McLaughlin MC, McDevitt B, Miller H, Amundson KK, Wilkins MJ, Warner NR, Blotevogel J, Borch T. Constructed wetlands for polishing oil and gas produced water releases. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2021; 23:1961-1976. [PMID: 34723304 DOI: 10.1039/d1em00311a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Produced water (PW) is the largest waste stream associated with oil and gas (O&G) operations and contains petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals, salts, naturally occurring radioactive materials and any remaining chemical additives. In some areas in Wyoming, constructed wetlands (CWs) are used to polish PW downstream of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) PW release points. In recent years, there has been increased interest in finding lower cost options, such as CWs, for PW treatment. The goal of this study was to understand the efficacy of removal and environmental fate of O&G organic chemical additives in CW systems used to treat PW released for agricultural beneficial reuse. To achieve this goal, we analyzed water and sediment samples for organic O&G chemical additives and conducted 16S rRNA gene sequencing for microbial community characterization on three such systems in Wyoming, USA. Three surfactants (polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols, and nonylphenol ethoxylates) and one biocide (alkyldimethylammonium chloride) were detected in all three PW discharges and >94% removal of all species from PW was achieved after treatment in two CWs in series. These O&G extraction additives were detected in all sediment samples collected downstream of PW discharges. Chemical and microbial analyses indicated that sorption and biodegradation were the main attenuation mechanisms for these species. Additionally, all three discharges showed a trend of increasingly diverse, but similar, microbial communities with greater distance from NPDES PW discharge points. Results of this study can be used to inform design and management of constructed wetlands for produced water treatment.
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- Molly C McLaughlin
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, 1320 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 Sackett Building, University Park, PA 16801, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, 1170 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, 1170 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, 1170 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 212 Sackett Building, University Park, PA 16801, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, 1320 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, 1320 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, 1170 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, 1872 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80523, USA
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