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===Induced Seismicity:===
 
===Induced Seismicity:===
 
* U.S. Geological Survey “What you do and don’t know about induced seismicity.”     
 
* U.S. Geological Survey “What you do and don’t know about induced seismicity.”     
* U.S. Geological Survey frequently asked questions about earthquakes caused by wastewater injection, http://www.usgs.gov/faq/taxonomy/term/9833.
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* [http://www.usgs.gov/faq/taxonomy/term/9833 U.S. Geological Survey frequently asked questions about earthquakes caused by wastewater injection].
 
* New U.S. Geological Survey “New Hazard Model for Induced Earthquakes” maps risk of damage from earthquakes (April 2016).
 
* New U.S. Geological Survey “New Hazard Model for Induced Earthquakes” maps risk of damage from earthquakes (April 2016).
* U.S. National Research Council study on induced seismicity (2013): (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13355 (the PDF is free to download)
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* [http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13355 U.S. National Research Council study on induced seismicity] (2013) (the PDF is free to download)
 
* The StatesFirst Induced Seismicity Work Group released its report (October 2015), “Potential Injection-Induced Seismicity Associated with Oil & Gas Development: A Primer on Technical and Regulatory Considerations Informing Risk Management and Mitigation” StatesFirst is an initiative of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) and the Ground Water Protection  Council (GWPC).
 
* The StatesFirst Induced Seismicity Work Group released its report (October 2015), “Potential Injection-Induced Seismicity Associated with Oil & Gas Development: A Primer on Technical and Regulatory Considerations Informing Risk Management and Mitigation” StatesFirst is an initiative of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) and the Ground Water Protection  Council (GWPC).
 
* Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) February 2015, UIC National Technical Workgroup (NTW) recommendations on “Minimizing and Managing Potential Impacts of Injection-Induced Seismicity from Class II Disposal Wells: Practical Approaches.”
 
* Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) February 2015, UIC National Technical Workgroup (NTW) recommendations on “Minimizing and Managing Potential Impacts of Injection-Induced Seismicity from Class II Disposal Wells: Practical Approaches.”
 
* “Oklahoma’s recent earthquakes and saltwater disposal” F. Rall Walsh III* and Mark D. Zoback (2015, Science Advances). Saltwater disposal is predominantly produced water, not hydraulic fracturing flow-back.
 
* “Oklahoma’s recent earthquakes and saltwater disposal” F. Rall Walsh III* and Mark D. Zoback (2015, Science Advances). Saltwater disposal is predominantly produced water, not hydraulic fracturing flow-back.
 
* Kansas Geological Survey monitoring and mitigation of earthquakes related to saltwater disposal, report to the state legislature, January 2016.
 
* Kansas Geological Survey monitoring and mitigation of earthquakes related to saltwater disposal, report to the state legislature, January 2016.
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===Water Use for Hydraulic Fracturing===
 
===Water Use for Hydraulic Fracturing===
 
* Comparison of Water Use for Hydraulic Fracturing for Unconventional Oil and Gas versus Conventional Oil, B.R. Scanlon and others, 2014, Environ. Sci. Technol.  
 
* Comparison of Water Use for Hydraulic Fracturing for Unconventional Oil and Gas versus Conventional Oil, B.R. Scanlon and others, 2014, Environ. Sci. Technol.  

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