New technology could make treatment of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper

New technology could make treatment of oil and gas wastewater simpler, cheaper

03/03/2015 02:55 PM EST

Oil and gas operations in the United States produce about 21 billion barrels of wastewater per year. The saltiness of the water and the organic contaminants it contains have traditionally made treatment difficult and expensive.

Full story at http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2015/02/24/cu-boulder-technology-could-make-treatment-and-reuse-oil-and-gas-wastewater

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University of Colorado at Boulder

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