WASTEWATER ARTICLES

Frack water spills from ruptured gas well in PA

Apr. 21, 2011 -- Thousands of gallons of frack water spilled from a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well near Canton, PA, that ruptured late Tuesday evening...

Produced water treatment system for floating production facility in Gulf

ATLANTA, GA, Apr. 21, 2011 -- Under a contract with Chevron, MyCelx will design and deliver a produced water treatment system for the Jack/St. Malo floating production facility in deepwater Gulf of...

Idaho mining company fined for toxic wastewater discharges

WASHINGTON, DC, Apr. 20, 2011 -- Mining company P4 Production operating near Soda Springs in southeast Idaho has agreed to pay a $1.4 million civil penalty for alleged Clean Water Act violations at...

PA DEP calls on natural gas drillers to stop giving wastewater to treatment facilities

HARRISBURG, PA, Apr. 19, 2011 -- Acting PA DEP Secretary Michael Krancer has called on all Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling operators to cease by May 19 delivering wastewater from shale gas ext...

Zero liquid discharge system to treat mine wastewater in West Virginia

Apr. 18, 2011 -- A state-of-the-art Zero Liquid Waste Discharge system will treat high volume, complex mine water from CONSOL Energy's Blacksville #2, Loveridge, and Robinson Run mines...

New Jersey wants to get tough on fracking

TRENTON, NJ Apr. 15, 2011 -- New Jersey is concerned about the impacts of natural gas development projects in neighboring states and is seeking tough regulations to project the water resources in t...

Removing selenium from wastewater at West Virginia power plant

Apr. 14, 2011 -- American Electric Power (AEP) is taking measures to reduce selenium in the wastewater at its Mountaineer coal-fueled power plant in New Haven, West Virginia...

Hydraulic fracturing chemical registry website launched

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, Apr. 11, 2011 -- A web-based national registry disclosing the chemical additives used in the hydraulic fracturing process on a well-by-well basis has been launched...

Mobile frac wastewater treatment unit ready for field deployment

CANONSBURG, PA, Apr. 5, 2011 -- Aquatech has begun deployment of its mobile frac wastewater treatment solution at a field location in Western Pennsylvania...

Wastewater treatment technology being tested for nuclear facility cleanup

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, Mar. 28, 2011 -- AbTech is expanding testing of its Smart Sponge wastewater treatment technology to help address nuclear facility wastewater cleanup...