## **Industrial Sand Mining in Western Wisconsin:** Resources for Environmental Monitoring and Advocacy This page is an introduction to frac sand issues and airborne particles, aimed at connecting concerned community groups, hardware developers, and scientists. You will find resources to: * connect with projects and people facing frac sand issues and particle pollution * learn about particle pollution, health, and regulations * explore options for addressing frac sand mining in your community ****** ### Table of Contents **Frac Sand Mining** | ----------------------|--------------------- [Background Information](https://publiclab.org/wiki/nonmetallicmining#Industrial+Sand+Mining) | This page gives information about the history of frac sand mining, what it is, what it is used for, and the environmental and human health concerns that surround it. [People and Places](wiki/wisconsin) | The first permitting for Frac Sand mining in Wisconsin started in late 2006 ([Pearson, 2015](http://wisconsinfracsand.blogspot.com/)). Since then, thousands of people have participated in the fight against the frac sand mining industry's negative effects. Learn more about the groups involved and what they are doing on the Wisconsin wiki page. [Particulate Matter Monitoring](/wiki/pm) | The PM Monitoring wiki includes information that explains how particles form in the air, how they affect human health, how they are regulated, and how they can be monitored. The wiki delves deep into different ways particles form with a focus on nonmetallic mining and [silica dust](https://publiclab.org/wiki/silica-monitoring). [Advocacy Leverage Points](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-advocacy-leverage-points) | This wiki discusses regulations surrounding frac sand mining and highlights local government leverage points towns and community groups can use to address frac sand issues. From here you can also link to the [Frac Sand Legislation wiki](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-legislation), which discusses national and state regulations and legislation related to air quality that are particularly relevant to frac sand issues. [Action Oriented Resources](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-action-oriented-resources) | The Action Oriented Resources wiki compiles many tools people can use in addressing frac sand issues. There are workshops on selecting advocacy strategies, guidelines for setting up an environmental monitoring program, resources for working with the media, tools for reporting pollution and contact information for state and county regulators. ***** ### Recent activity related to frac sand mining: [notes:frac-sand] ***** #### Outline of Wiki Documents [Background Information](https://publiclab.org/wiki/nonmetallicmining#Industrial+Sand+Mining) [People and Places](wiki/wisconsin) [Particulate Matter Monitoring](/wiki/pm) - [Silica dust](https://publiclab.org/wiki/silica-monitoring) - [Regulations on PM Monitoring](https://publiclab.org/wiki/pm-monitoring-regulations) - [Collecting Data on Particulate Matter](https://publiclab.org/wiki/pm-monitoring) - [Visual monitoring](/wiki/visual-pm) - [Filter-based monitoring](/wiki/filter-pm) - [Optical monitoring](/wiki/optical-pm) - [Passive monitoring](/wiki/passive-pm) - [Public Lab PM monitoring tool development](/wiki/pm-dev) - [Passive monitoring tool](https://publiclab.org/wiki/SEM-stub-pm) [Advocacy Leverage Points](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-advocacy-leverage-points) - [Frac Sand Legislation](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-legislation) [Action Oriented Resources](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-action-oriented-resources) - [Identify Advocacy Pathways Workshop](https://publiclab.org/wiki/choosing-advocacy-pathways) - [Start your own Environmental Monitoring Study](https://publiclab.org/wiki/start-enviro-monitor-study) - [Strategize a media campaign](https://publiclab.org/wiki/creating-a-media-campaign) **** ####Research in progress and Wikis Related to: [Silica](https://publiclab.org/tag/silica), [Particulate Matter](https://publiclab.org/tag/silica/tag/PM), [Passive-pm monitoring](https://publiclab.org/tag/passive-pm), [Wisconsin](https://publiclab.org/tag/wisconsin)....
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| mathew | "Thanks! @amysoyka that's an interesting idea. I haven't ever studied mines specifically, just basic geology. You're right though-- the issues of ..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| liz | "Amazing presentation @Mathew ! I learned so much. The graphics and maps are great too. " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "Great talk. You've done a great job at making this video informative - so U awarded you a watchdog barn star Anyhow, cutting to the chase. The iss..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | " Usually gravimetric tests are done on particles after they have been captured in the field. Given environmental vibrations, it sounds tough to pi..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| amysoyka | "This is a gravimetric sensor: In theory, don't PM particles have different weight, depending on atomic content. If you were to use a mesh to re..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Ok- No rush. " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| marlokeno | "It might be easier if I uploaded them to google. I've sent some to local activists and the CCC website folks. It'll take me a little bit to get the..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "those would be real cool to see! i would like to do a time-based comparison. can you e-mail them to me? mathew at publiclab thanks! " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| marlokeno | "It's nearly impossible to separate the effects of irrigation hi-cap wells from the silica wash plants. Also, withdrawing large amounts of water for..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| marlokeno | "Markdown Matthew, outstanding! I have some good aerial shots of the Augusta site from 08/2013, please let me know if they would help your projec..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Nice result, Mathew. " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| jefffalk | "Thanks for the info on the DUSTTRAK. It's good to remember everything comes with advantages and disadvantages. Adjusting for or eliminating humidit..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| DavidMack | "@jefffalk TSI explains the instrument and its calibration in documents on its web site: http://www.tsi.com/DUSTTRAK-Aerosol-Monitor-8520/ see "th..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| jefffalk | "After reviewing these posts it became apparent that there are two questions here. One is about "eliminating" humidity, possibly by mechanical means..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I'll connect with Hank on his Dylos-- we'll see what he's doing. there are a million ways to do this that have already been done-- so yeah, we sh..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| jefffalk | "Hank Boschen's Dylos monitoring system in Chippewa Falls records readings from a Dylos every 10 minutes and posts to a website. It also includes we..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| DavidMack | "sorry for the late reply but as you probably discovered as the air sample relative humidity increases, the moisture increasingly interferes with th..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "@donblair-- the author doesn't seem to understand the terminology in use. The conclusions are based on a misunderstanding of what PM2.5 actually m..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| Jdahlen | "Yes, we're hoping we can get the Ethernet and USB connection to work for the Dusttrak. As for the Dylos, the only information we are able to take o..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Did you see the article AmySoyka posted about the Dylos? http://publiclab.org/notes/Schroyer/06-26-2014/broadcast-dust-readings-from-a-smartphone#c..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Oh Ethernet! Cool that probably isn't too hard to talk to but a computer of some sort will be needed. Serial is great! We can probably get it to t..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| Jdahlen | "We usually just record the data right after our 24-hour sampling, but the Tech team at UWEC is helping us figure out how to retrieve our continuous..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "How does data come off? USB? Serial? There's got to be something " | Read more » | almost 10 years ago | |||
| Jdahlen | "Sorry for the late reply, but the Dusttraks and Dylos, to my knowledge, do not have sensor out-ports. If I would be able to see what the connector ..." | Read more » | almost 10 years ago |