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FracPure™ Demonstration for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection  Integrated Water Technologies successfully completed a demonstration of FracPure™ Produced Water Remediation for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in Southwest, Pennsylvania. The project was conducted from January 22 through January 27, 2010 under Industrial Waste Demonstration Project Permit No. 2610201.The demonstration proved the effectiveness of FracPure™ in removing heavy metals, total dissolved solids and suspend solids from hydraulic fracturing produced water, exceeding the EPA and all state regulatory agency recognized drinking water standards of 500 PPM . The Specifics  Several natural gas companies supplied a few hundred thousand gallons of contaminated water from hydraulic fracturing or “fraccing” operations. Our on-site testing lab evaluated the frac water samples to determine the proper chemistry to remove heavy metals and contaminants. Using a proprietary chemical treatment a solid was formed which removed heavy metals or Dissolved Solids from the water. The solids were de-watered and sent to a research laboratory to determine beneficial uses. Purified water continued through filtration to remove organics, suspended solids and all fluids associated with the drilling process. The water was then sent to the concentrator. The concentrator evaporated the brine down and created distilled water for re-use on the natural gas company’s drilling site and a highly concentrated salt brine. Our patent pending FracPure™ process effectively removed all the contaminants and reduced the remaining water for treatment into 100,000 gallons of highly concentrated salt brine. The salt brine was transported to our Crystallization Plant in Southwest New York, for the final stage of the FracPure™ process. Crystallization turned the concentrated salt brine into pure salt products for beneficial uses and distilled water which was returned to the water supply. The brine was filtered and heated up to a boiling point increasing the percentage of solids in the liquid. After multiple phases of treatment the process created 99.7% pure dry salts for water softening and liquid salt for erosion control and de-icing of roads. The only liquid discharge was distilled water which exceeded the recognized drinking water standard from the EPA, DEP, DEC and all other regulatory groups of 500 parts per million of total dissolved solids. The FracPure™ Process averaged significantly less than 100 parts per million of total dissolved solids, which was safely returned to the water table and into rivers and streams. Click Here to View the PA DEP final report |
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