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WSGS Releases CBNG Groundwater Monitoring Report
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Buffalo Field Office (BFO)in cooperation with Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS), announce the release of the Open-File Report 2009-10: 1993 – 2006 Coalbed Natural Gas (CBNG) Regional Groundwater Monitoring Report: Powder River Basin (PRB), Wyo.
This report presents data from BLM’s deep monitoring well network in the Wyoming PRB along with initial interpretations. This data was collected from a total of 111 monitoring wells from 1993 through 2006.
The BLM BFO deep monitoring well network measures the drawdown in the producing zones and provides data with which to evaluate potential leakage between the CBNG water-producing coal deposits and adjacent sandstone aquifers. Groundwater models and drawdown predictions are used to forecast potential hydrogeological impacts of CBNG production in Wyoming. BLM deep monitoring well data can be used to evaluate impact analysis and provide calibration data for future analysis of CBNG drawdown impacts as well as verify the assumptions made in the PRB Final Environmental Impact Statement, 2003.
The report is available at http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/NewsCenter/PressReleases/Aug7-2009.aspx.
The BLM manages more land - 253 million acres - than any other Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1 billion, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
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