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    This document discusses various stipulations that can be included in oil and gas leases to help protect water resources, including requiring setback distances of at least 200 feet from water supplies when drilling or conducting seismic activity, mandating pre- and post-testing of water by accredited third-party labs, measuring water quantity before drilling or seismic testing, properly retiring seismic test holes, testing nearby surface waters, and considering no-surface-activity leases.

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    This document discusses various stipulations that can be included in oil and gas leases to help protect water resources, including requiring setback distances of at least 200 feet from water supplies when drilling or conducting seismic activity, mandating pre- and post-testing of water by accredited third-party labs, measuring water quantity before drilling or seismic testing, properly retiring seismic test holes, testing nearby surface waters, and considering no-surface-activity leases.

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    This document discusses various stipulations that can be included in oil and gas leases to help protect water resources, including requiring setback distances of at least 200 feet from water supplies when drilling or conducting seismic activity, mandating pre- and post-testing of water by accredited third-party labs, measuring water quantity before drilling or seismic testing, properly retiring seismic test holes, testing nearby surface waters, and considering no-surface-activity leases.

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    Protecting Water Through Leasing

    Examples of Stipulations

    • Setback distances to water supplies


    – Don’t waive the 200 foot setback
    – Stipulate setbacks to drilling and seismic activity (>500 feet?)

    • Pre and post testing


    – Require accredited lab, third-party test, list parameters

    • Water quantity measurement prior to drilling


    or seismic testing

    • Require proper retirement of seismic test holes

    • Testing of other nearby surface waters

    • Access to water resources on property?

    • Choose a no-surface-activity lease?

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