Scientists recently discovered lithium in Pennsylvania’s fracking wastewater, offering a promising avenue to reduce reliance ...

Vidic explained. "However, the vast amounts of water needed to fracture or "frack" the rock formations and extract the fossil fuels both wastes a valuable resource and results in wastewater ...

The EPA also notes that disposing of fracking wastewater directly into surface water could contaminate drinking water. Again, no joke. I should also point out that jumping from a car traveling at ...

2 state for oil production behind Texas, is looking to its energy sector and water-intensive fracking as a potential ... reuse about 40% of residential wastewater after treatment and purification ...

Fracking doesn't cause earthquakes. The problem is, wastewater disposal - without which fracking cannot be done - almost definitely does, say scientists. Bloomberg has a big profile on the man who ...

An estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater—or produced water—is generated annually by the Permian Basin fracking industry, according to a 2022 report by the Texas Produced Water Consortium.

Fracking requires an enormous amount of water, and because fracking waste water contains dangerous toxins it generally cannot be cleaned and reused for other purposes. Especially during a historic ...