SHALE NETWORK

The Shale Network is a project funded by the National Science Foundation to help scientists and citizens publish data about water resources that may be affected by gas exploitation in shale. Started in November 2011, the project was initiated by scientists from Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh, Dickinson College, and throughout Pennsylvania. Our goal is to find, organize, and upload data for water resources for online publication. Your data can help... The Shale Network is a group of individuals working together to organize water quality and quantity data in regions where shale gas is being exploited. The Steering Committee of the Shale Network derive from Dickinson College, the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State, and the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Sciences, Inc. (CUAHSI). The group was funded by the National Science Foundation in October 2011 to put together the database and to run annual workshops between 2012 and 2016.