by Deborah A. Deal, APR | Dec 17, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, O & G Produced Wastewater, Wastewater
The State of New Mexico has now put an end to oil and gas companies using billions of gallons of fresh water to expand their search for hydrocarbons. On December 15, New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard sent a letter to oil and gas companies that hold...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | Nov 12, 2020 | Drinking Water, Industrial Wastewater, O & G Produced Wastewater, Wastewater
State regulators approved an energy company’s request to inject millions of gallons of oil and gas wastewater into a freshwater aquifer in central Wyoming!!! Whaaaaat? O&G wastewater (aka produced water) has heavy metals, organic hydrocarbons, chemicals, salt and...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | Nov 6, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, IX Power Clean Water
Written by Ellie Cabell We in the Western U.S. are accustomed to battles over water between agricultural and urban consumers. Now clean, clear, delicious water has become so precious, even the bottled water ubiquitous in our lives is being contested. The Nestle water...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | Sep 28, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, Health, Water
Looks like a harmless body of water, right? Maybe not. I hadn’t heard of this happening for years – not since I lived in Orlando when a couple of people died from the brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri. Our parents always warned us not to dive into, or...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | Aug 31, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Wastewater, IX Power Clean Water, IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Water
If you could help the states that are drying up, get 876 billion gallons more of water, would you do it? All it would take is putting regulations in place that would allow the treatment and reuse of produced water for agriculture, or at the oil & gas well pad...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | Aug 27, 2020 | Climate Change, Drinking Water, Environment, IX Water, Uncategorized, Wastewater, Water
If you are worried about water scarcity, a recent survey reported by Water World magazine revealed 69% out of thousands of respondents agree with you. Further, 74% agreed more action needs to be taken in their communities to conserve water. In addition, nearly three...
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