Media mention: ‘Study: Drilling waste on Pennsylvania roads bad for health, land’
June 30, 2022
Where: Chesapeake Bay Journal, “Study: Drilling waste on Pennsylvania roads bad for health, land”
Who: William Burgos, professor of environmental engineering
What: William Burgos, professor of environmental engineering, was recently quoted in a story by the Chesapeake Bay Journal discussing his research into the effectiveness of conventional oil and gas brine as a dust suppressant. Burgos and other Penn State researchers recently submitted a study to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, in which they found that the brine is not an effective dust suppressant and could have negative environmental impacts.