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Court Mandates Power Plants Strengthen Wastewater Disposal Technology, Reduce Toxic Emissions

A U.S. Court of Appeals ordered the EPA to strengthen limits on toxic wastewater from power plants, mandating that thermoelectric (i.e., nuclear, coal, natural gas) power plants reevaluate "modern wastewater treatment technology to greatly reduce the amount of toxic pollution" that ends up contaminating soils/aquifers, rivers and lakes. ECOVAP has... Read more »

Record 5.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Near Permian Basin

By Sergio Chapa Updated 2:48 pm CDT, Thursday, March 26, 2020 A record-setting 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit near the Permian Basin town of Orla, Texas, on Thursday morning. U.S. Geological Survey officials say the quake occurred at 10:16 a.m. about 16 miles southwest of Orla in a rural area off FM... Read more »

50mn Gallons of Mining Wastewater Released Daily

There are an estimated 161,000 abandoned mining sites across the U.S., most of which have left behind contaminated soils or toxic lakes that seep into rivers and underground aquifers. Even for the mines that are still operating, only 40% of their wastewater is treated. With its ability to evaporate away... Read more »

Large Montana Mine Unable to Renew Prior Wastewater Disposal License

Underscoring a trend of less tolerance for “legacy” wastewater practices, various environmental groups successfully argued that a permit for the Montanore copper and silver mine in Montana should not have been re-issued as it violates both the state’s and the country’s water protection laws. The court ruling sets an important... Read more »

Salt Water Purge Threatens Farmers Crops

When salt water bubbles up in Oklahoma killing farmers crops, everyone takes notice. ECOVAP provides an environmentally safe alternative to Salt Water Injection Wells, thus alleviating SWD leaks, contamination, and seismicity concerns. While disposal metheds have been severly limited in the past, ECOVAP has drastically shifted the tide of disposal... Read more »
By Tara Lohan

We’re Just Starting to Learn How Fracking Harms Wildlife

Interesting background and data for why ECOVAP's environmentally sound technology is a critical piece needed to counter the mounting evidence that proves that natural-gas and oil extraction threatens wildlife and ecosystems — much as it harms human health. Safe handling as producers bring the resources we need to the surface... Read more »

Fluid Injection Wells Can Have a Wide Seismic Reach

By Shelby L. Peterie, Richard D. Miller, Rex Buchanan, and Brandy DeArmond 17 April 2018 - Seismologists largely attribute widespread earthquakes in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma to the injection-disposal of oil field brine deep into Earth’s crust. Recently, however, the frequency of earthquakes has increased significantly in areas of... Read more »

Abandoned Disposal Well Leaks Produced Water in North Dakota

By Associated Press, Wire Service Content Dec. 2, 2019, at 4:08 p.m BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Officials say an abandoned disposal well at the Lignite Gas Plant has leaked produced water in northwestern North Dakota. The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality says the spill happened about a mile east of... Read more »

Wastewater From Fracking: Growing Disposal Challenge or Untapped Resource?

By Britt E. Erickson - November 17, 2019 - Natural gas production in the US is at an all-time high, according to the latest reports from the US Energy Information Administration. But the dramatic growth of shale gas over the past decade, made possible by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has... Read more »

Produced Water Treatment System Market Expected to Surge Through 2029

A report by Future Market Insights shows the global produced water treatment system market’s growth due to the demand from the oil and gas industry. - Aug 19th, 2019 - The global produced water treatment system market was valued at $3.6B in 2018 and is estimated to grow at 5%... Read more »