Water sourcing and management is one of the main challenges facing operators in unconventional gas and oil development. The trend appears to be toward decreasing the water footprint through the reuse of returned water in other fracking operations, sourcing saline water for fracking operations, or use of gas liquids rather than water. As the article suggests, water treatment is also increasing. All steps in the right direction. See http://calwatchdog.com/2015/01/29/fracking-with-little-or-no-water-increasingly-common/
Published by Mike Tietze, PG, CHG, CEG, Principal Engineering Geologist at Jacobson James & Associates
Water sourcing and management is one of the main challenges facing operators in unconventional gas and oil development. The trend appears to be toward decreasing the water footprint through the reuse of returned water in other fracking operations, sourcing saline water for fracking operations, or use of gas liquids rather than water. As the article suggests, water treatment is also increasing. All steps in the right direction. See http://calwatchdog.com/2015/01/29/fracking-with-little-or-no-water-increasingly-common/