Influences and Countermeasures of the Shale Gas Exploitation on Water Environment

Abstract:

When energy crisis is somewhat relieved by the shale gas production, serious negative impacts are simultaneously created to the environment e.g. the regional underground water system will be seriously damaged. Currently, the shale gas production, which is blossoming in China at present, centralizes primarily in the South-west area, where the hydrological environment is quite complicated and pretty weak. In this paper, three threatens caused during the shale gas exploitation is summarized and the crisis source is also outlined. Furthermore, the probable solutions aiming at these problems are discussed, thereby the concept of ‘Water resources tolerance ability evaluation model in SouthWest China’ being proposed. This paper emphasizes that the further enhancement of environment monitoring, improvement of legislation in the related areas as well as domestic adjustment of production technologies are critical to balance the industrializing production and sustainable development.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 522-524)
• Pages: 1039-1044
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.522-524.1039
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Qiu Lei Guo*, Shu Heng Tang, Yi Wan, Er Ping Fan
• Keywords: Pollution Sources, Shale Gas Development, Solving Ideas, Water Environment Influence

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