Produced Water Treatment
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Steady Shale Means Opportunity For Water Reuse
6/8/2015
The shale revolution is here to stay even as oil prices drop, and that means big opportunities in water recycling.
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Study: Fracking Chemicals Sullied Pennsylvania Drinking Water
6/2/2015
Chemicals contaminated the drinking supply in a town in Pennsylvania, one of the fracking capitals of the country, according to a recent study.
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New Microbe Research Could Improve Produced Water Reuse Practice
5/27/2015
New research on how bacteria behave in produced water could affect the way fluid from shale gas operations is handled and reused.
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Is Fracking Wastewater More Radioactive Than Scientists Thought?
5/20/2015
Fracking wastewater may be more radioactive than researchers previously believed. A new study shows that "commonly used testing methods may underestimate the total radioactivity of wastewater produced by gas wells that use hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to tap the Marcellus Shale," according to Science, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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GOP Lawmaker Wants Drilling-Waste Injection Well Ban
5/5/2015
A lawmaker has proposed a ban on drilling-waste injection wells in Pennsylvania, one of the fracking capitals of the U.S.
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Fracking Waste Disposal Wells Spark Water Fears
4/29/2015
Locals are fighting a proposed disposal well for fracking wastewater in Nebraska because they say it could put the local water supply in jeopardy.
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Strange Bedfellows: Farmers Need Oil Industry To Survive Drought
4/21/2015
California farmers, who compete with the oil-and-gas industry for water, are now in the unusual position of relying on energy companies to meet their water needs.
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EPA Finds Holes In Fracking Cocktail Data
4/15/2015
A new government report indicates that an oil-and-gas industry database designed to bring transparency to the controversial practice of fracking fails to present a complete picture of where companies get their water and which chemicals they use.
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Water Concerns Prompt Federal Fracking Crackdown
4/13/2015
The Obama administration has unveiled new rules for fracking after years of criticism that it had not done enough to safeguard the water supply from this oil and gas industry practice.
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Which Energy Stakeholders Are Really Trying To Save Freshwater?
4/8/2015
As the drilling industry comes to terms with the need to preserve freshwater resources, a few companies are actually trying to do it.