by Deborah A. Deal, APR | November 12, 2020 | Drinking Water, Industrial Wastewater, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, Wastewater
In the end of 2020, 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,...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | November 11, 2020 | IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, Wastewater, Water
New Mexico’s Oil Conservation Comission has agreed to set a hearing date for a proposed rule that would make spilling produced water illegal, reports the New Mexico Political Report. Produced water is the toxic waste water that comes up with oil or gas during...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | October 28, 2020 | Environment, Industrial Wastewater, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, Wastewater
Yet another spill of contaminated produced water! Husky Energy just announced that 900,000 litres of produced water spilled from one of its pipelines in northwestern Alberta. That’s a lot of toxic water on the loose! Produced water is a byproduct of oil &...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | August 31, 2020 | Drinking Water, Environment, Industrial Wastewater, IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, 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 where...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | August 11, 2020 | Energy, Environment, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Industry, IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Population, Social Media, Wastewater
Globally, 19% of withdrawals from our precious and dwindling freshwater resources are made for industrial purposes. The U.S.A uses over 300 Billion cubic meters per year. Surprisingly, this is twice the amount China withdraws for their industrial operations. Today,1.8...
by Deborah A. Deal, APR | July 30, 2020 | Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, IX Water, O & G Produced Wastewater, Social Media, Uncategorized, Wastewater, Water
Toluene is the terrible “T” in the BTEX family of chemicals – Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene. BTEX compounds are among the most abundantly produced chemicals in the world. IX Water is concerned about its presence in produced water from oil...
