August 1, 2012

Using Ozone to Clean Up Fracking




Using Ozone to Clean Up Fracking

Ecosphere's new technology reduces the use of chemicals and helps natural-gas companies recycle water.

The oil and natural-gas boom in the United States—driven by water-intensive hydraulic fracturing technology (see "Natural Gas Changes the Energy Map")—is creating demand for better water-treatment technologies. Now Ecosphere Technologies has developed a process that is helping producers recycle water and eliminate the use of some of the chemicals involved in treating water for fracking.

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