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Managing the risks to groundwater resources during coalbed methane development in a rural community.

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Title Managing the risks to groundwater resources during coalbed methane development in a rural community.
Creator Gilen, Kathryn Q.
Subject Las Animas County coalbed-methane groundwater
Description A Professional Project Proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Water Resources, Water Resources Program, University of New Mexico. The complex interrelationship of coal, methane and water in coal seams have required effective risk management for the safe development of energy and groundwater resources in the rural community of Las Animas County, Colorado. Since the 1980s, coalbed-methane (CBM) has been extensively developed in the central Raton Basin in close proximity to homeowners. Homeowners rely on private water wells as the primary source of water supply for domestic/household, agriculture and ranching. The...
Date 2016-09-09T19:48:36Z 2016-09-09T19:48:36Z 2016
Type Presentation Technical Report Thesis
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1928/33171
Language en_US

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