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pcray1231 wrote:
By the way, found a list of treatment facilities, listed by region. This lists both current and proposed sites.
http://www.marcellus-shale.us/pdf/PA-Wastewater-Plants.pdf
Lists the owner, recieving stream, flow, county, GPS coords, municipality, type, status, and facility designation.
Type, I don't really understand. Major types are IW, POTW, direct discharge, CWT. IW = Injection well. Direct discharge is self explanatory. CWT = chemical waste treatment. Anyone know what POTW or OTW stands for?
Status lists the good info. Facility Designation is the easier way to sort it:
MSW = takes Marcellus waste
O&G = takes oil and gas waste other than Marcellus (old shallow wells), but not Marcellus waste.
A P before either means its not operating yet.
POTW means publicly owned treatment plant = municipal sewage plant.
How much "treatment" of brines, frack chemicals, etc. do you think really occurs running through a facility designed to break down sewage?
It's dilution, not treatment.
They are dumping it in the streams and rivers. Which is the point of the article.
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