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      Organic Pollutants in Shale Gas Flowback and Produced Waters: Identification, Potential Ecological Impact, and Implications for Treatment Strategies

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          Organic contaminants in shale gas flowback and produced water (FPW) are traditionally expressed as total organic carbon (TOC) or chemical oxygen demand (COD), though these parameters do not provide information on the toxicity and environmental fate of individual components. This review addresses identification of individual organic contaminants in FPW, and stresses the gaps in the knowledge on FPW composition that exist so far. Furthermore, the risk quotient approach was applied to predict the toxicity of the quantified organic compounds for fresh water organisms in recipient surface waters. This resulted in an identification of a number of FPW related organic compounds that are potentially harmful namely those compounds originating from shale formations (e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalates), fracturing fluids (e.g., quaternary ammonium biocides, 2-butoxyethanol) and downhole transformations of organic compounds (e.g., carbon disulfide, halogenated organic compounds). Removal of these compounds by FPW treatment processes is reviewed and potential and efficient abatement strategies are defined.

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                Journal
                Environ Sci Technol
                Environ. Sci. Technol
                es
                esthag
                Environmental Science & Technology
                American Chemical Society
                0013-936X
                1520-5851
                05 April 2017
                02 May 2017
                : 51
                : 9
                : 4740-4754
                Affiliations
                []Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University , P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
                []KWR Watercycle Research Institute , P.O. Box 1072, 3430 BB Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
                [§ ]Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University , P.O. Box 80.115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
                Author notes
                [* ]Phone: +31 317 483997; e-mail: andrii.butkovskyi@ 123456wur.nl .
                Article
                10.1021/acs.est.6b05640
                5415876
                28376616
                6a9f2f5b-3fe8-4049-b220-190ed1026302
                Copyright © 2017 American Chemical Society

                This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial No Derivative Works (CC-BY-NC-ND) Attribution License, which permits copying and redistribution of the article, and creation of adaptations, all for non-commercial purposes.

                History
                : 08 November 2016
                : 05 April 2017
                : 27 March 2017
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                General environmental science
                General environmental science

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