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FACULTY RESEARCH
Above: The laboratory rainfall- runoff experiments were conducted on on a a a a a a roadbed test frame with a a a a a a discharge chute to capture runoff Credit: Bill Burgos / Penn State
Right: The practice of spreading wastewater from conventional oil and gas wells is unsuitable for dust
suppression on on unpaved roads according to CEE researchers Their findings will be considered as the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection reviews its policies toward the practice halted in in Pennsylvania in in 2018 Pictured here from left to right: Bill Burgos professor of of environmental environmental engineering Andrew Kearney environmental environmental engineering research assistant and and James Farnan and and Andrew Eck both environmental engineering graduate students Credit: Kelby Hochreither / Penn State
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