Pipeline Crossings
Pipeline Crossings
The construction of fossil fuel pipelines can potentially have negative impacts on water quality in locations where the pipelines cross over waterways. Monitoring water quality before, during, and after pipeline construction can ensure that these pipelines have a minimal impact on water quality resources. Browse our pipeline crossing studies below.
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Monitoring High-Priority Stream Crossings Along Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline Routes
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), is monitoring the water quality of multiple high-priority streams where natural gas pipeline crossings have been proposed. The purpose of the monitoring effort is to collect baseline water-quality data and, if the pipeline construction is approved, to monitor water quality in these...
Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring in Indian Creek
The primary objective of this USGS monitoring effort was to identify whether the construction of the Indian Creek pipeline crossings adversely impacted the sediment water quality in Indian Creek. To accomplish this goal, continuous real-time water-quality monitoring was installed. Results of this monitoring effort indicate that values of turbidity in Indian Creek increased a small but significant...