| Anion |
A negatively charged ion (Example: bicarbonate) |
| APD |
Application for Permit to Drill |
| Barrel (bbl) |
1 barrel = 42 gallons |
| BCF |
Billion cubic feet |
| BLM |
U.S.Bureau of Land Management |
| CBM |
Coal Bed Methane |
| Cation |
A Positively charged Ion (Example: sodium) |
| CCIX |
Higgins Loop Countercurrent Ion Exchange |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EC |
Electrical Conductivity (EC) estimates the amount of total dissolved salt (TDS), or the total amount of dissolved ions in the water. |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| gpm |
Gallons per minute |
| Higgins Loop |
A form of ion exchange filtration technology used by EMIT Water Discharge Technologies LLC, see the definition for "CCIX" above |
| Ion Exchange (IX) |
A chemical reaction where one ion is replaced for another |
| MCF |
Thousand cubic feet |
| mg/L |
Milligrams per Liter |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
| NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| PH |
Symbol used to express the acidity or alkalinity of a solution on a scale of 0 to 14, where less than 7 represent acidity, 7 neutrality, and more than 7 alkalinity. |
| POD |
Plan of Development |
| ppm |
Parts per million |
| Reverse Osmosis |
A membrane filtration technology |
| RO |
Reverse Osmosis |
| SAR |
Sodium Adsorption Ratio |
| SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
| TCF |
Trillion cubic feet |
| TDS |
Total Dissolved Salts |
| TSS |
Total Suspended Solids |
| Turbidity |
Refers to how clear the water is. |
| USFS |
U.S. Forest Service |
| Water-to-gas ratio |
Measured as the amount of gas and water that are extracted from a production well over a period of time. |
| WMP |
Water Management Plan |
| WYPDES |
Wyoming Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
