A joint venture by BLX Inc. and CMW Environmental Inc. have partnered with a New Mexico company to implement technology to help solve the water issues associated with Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling, reports the Leader Times.
The gas trapped in the Marcellus Shale formation, which runs 600 miles through Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York, is a growing industry in Western Pennsylvania.
A new ruling in Pennsylvania that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2011, prohibits water used in the drilling of natural gas wells from being discharged into waterways unless it is first treated to remove the salts and minerals that are contained in the water that flows back to the surface.
Currently all of the waste water from the drilling process is trucked off-site to commercial and municipal sewer treatment plants at a high cost.
Original source: Leader Times
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