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Ohio struggles to balance public health, economic concerns in regulation of fracking wastewater treatment
Posted on March 26th, 2012 under Industrial Uses, Wastewater News, Water Conservation News, Water Regulations
Although certain environmental officials in the state are working to shift its policy toward the industry, Ohio has quickly become a major center in the treatment of wastewater generated from hydrauli [...]
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Pennsylvania community approves new wastewater treatment plant
Posted on March 7th, 2012 under Construction and Oilfields, Industrial Uses, Water Regulations
Officials in a Pennsylvania community recently lent their approval to a controversial new wastewater treatment facility that will process effluent from hydraulic fracturing wells in the state. Hydrau [...]
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Proposed Pennsylvania wastewater treatment plant would recycle fracking effluent
Posted on February 28th, 2012 under Construction and Oilfields, Industrial Uses, Wastewater News
Officials in Pennsylvania said this week that a new wastewater treatment facility could soon be built in the state, one that would be capable of processing effluent from hydraulic fracturing wells. H [...]
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Study finds fracking does not contaminate groundwater
Posted on February 21st, 2012 under Construction and Oilfields, Industrial Uses, Wastewater News
A recent study indicated that hydraulic fracturing - or fracking as it is more commonly known - likely does not have any negative effect on drinking water quality.The process of fracking sees millions [...]
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Federal study: U.S. municipalities must invest $300 billion to upgrade wastewater treatment and sewage systems
Posted on February 9th, 2012 under Industrial Uses, Wastewater News
The findings of a newly released report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) underscore the challenges facing municipalities as they work to upgrade wastewater treatment facilities.The [...]
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