Joseph A. Burke(1), Katie L. Lewis(1), Shankar Chellam(2), Hensley Repak(1,3), Noel Beltran(1,4) and Hector Valencia(1)
1. Texas A&M AgriLife, Lubbock, TX, USA,
2. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA,
3. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA,
4. University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, USA
Oral: PDF
Evaluate two treatment options to purify produced water from unconventional oil and gas operations so that it can be reused to irrigate non-consumptive agricultural crops.
The addition of treated produced water had variable impacts on soil:
pH – treated produced water decreased soil pH regardless of water treatment.
Electrical conductivity – treated produced water increased electrical conductivity, but to a lesser extent with desalination.
Carbon mineralization – treated produced water had variable impacts on carbon mineralization; however.
Extracellular enzyme activity – treated produced water had variable impacts on enzyme activity; however, the desalinated treated produced water did not have an impact.
Evaluating the impact of microalgae applications in combination with treated produced water on soil properties
Greenhouse evaluation – determine the longer-term impacts of treated produced water applications on soil properties in a column experiment.