Deeper groundwater hazard screening research: National assessment of chemicals associated with coal seam gas extraction in Australia

[摘要] The main purpose of the project ‘Deeper groundwater screening hazard: National assessment of chemicals associated withcoal seam gas extraction in Australian’ is to deliver a number of enabling science products, including a “proof‐of‐concept”tiered hazard screening framework, developed and tested in at least two separate study areas, and associated protocolsfor identifying chemicals used in coal seam gas extraction in Australia that may be a potential hazard to aquatic andgroundwater depending terrestrial receptors when the main source of contamination is present in deeper groundwaterand the main transport pathway is via deeper groundwater. This framework will allow a rapid screening to determinewhich chemicals are more likely to be hazardous and may thus present potential risks to the environment and humanhealth. Application of the framework will allow chemicals with low hazard levels to be readily excluded from separate,more detailed environmental and human health risk assessments. This further provides a robust evidence base to informfuture research priorities into the fate of coal seam gas chemicals.

[发布日期] 2017-03-01 [发布机构] CSIRO

[效力级别] Organic Geochemistry [学科分类] 地球科学(综合)