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Hydraulic Fracturing Water Analysis Application Article

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Continually receiving real-time surface water and groundwater quality data allows energy and water quality professionals to determine and regulate the effects of hydraulic fracturing on the environment.

 Hach Hydromet offers Hydrolab and OTT products for real-time remote water quality monitoring and data acquisition. Additionally, Hach Company has developed a hydraulic fracturing water analysis kit for detailed on-site water analysis.

Hydrolab Multi-parameter Sondes

Hydrolab sondes allow short term (attended) and long term (unattended) monitoring of up to 17 water quality parameters simultaneously.

Measured parameters pertaining to fracking operations include:

• Conductivity (specific conductance)
• Total Dissolved Solids
• Salinity
• pH & Redox potential (ORP)
• Chloride
• Water Level
• Dissolved Oxygen (using Hach LDO technology)
• Turbidity

OTT groundwater instruments can provide key groundwater data before, during, and after hydraulic fracturing operations.

• OTT ecoLog 500: complete in-well groundwater system with flexible remote data transmission for measurement of water level and temperature
• OTT ecoLog 800: complete in-well groundwater system with flexible remote data transmission for measurement of conductivity, water level, and temperature

• Alkalinity
• Bacteria (iron-related, sulfate-reducing, and slime-forming)
• Barium
• Chloride
• Conductivity
• Hardness (Total as CaCO₃)
• Hardness (Calcium as CaCO₃)
• Iron (Total as Fe)
• pH
• Sulfate
• Boron

Additional parameters can be added as needed. For more information please visit Hach's Hydraulic Fracturing Water Analysis page.