After the well has been drilled, a well pad is constructed with an average size of 16,000 to 20,000 m2 (Vandecasteele et al. 2015). This includes all machinery and pipeline structures needed for running the hydraulic fracturing process, and the infrastructure for transport of materials and chemicals from and to the well pad. A large area needs to be cleared and deforested so that a well pad can be constructed. Consequentially, the area becomes vulnerable to erosion during heavy rains and storms (McBroomet al., 2012). Chemical soil pollutants may then be subjected to these advective erosion and runoff transport processes of soil grains potentially contaminating the surrounding environment (Olmstead et al., 2013). Once the pollutants associated with eroded soil grains reach