Thursday, March 10, 2011

Siemens to supply system to reuse wastewater produced by natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania

Siemens Water Technologies is providing Hydro Recovery LP with a wastewater treatment system to treat natural gas hydraulic fracturing wastewater (flowback) from Marcellus Shale drilling as well as produced water from operating wells in Tioga and surrounding counties in northeastern Pennsylvania. This flowback and produced water waste treatment system will be part of a new wastewater treatment plant in Tioga County and include continuous precipitation and sludge dewatering. By using the Siemens system, the wastewaters will be treated to produce a Hydraulic Stimulation Fluid (HSF) product for reuse, reducing the demand on fresh water sources. The plant is scheduled to go online in April 2011.

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