According to Dan O’Brien at the Business Journal, a company based in New Castle, PA, has developed technology that recycles waste water from fracking sites via solar energy.

The new technology has attracted the attention of Consol Energy, a coal producer turned shale gas giant.

The energy company invested $500,000 to integrate the technology into its production methods.

Here’s a little bit about the technology:

The closed-loop system would be able to clean 100 to 100,000 gallons of water per day, and would dramatically reduce costs for energy companies such as Consol that would normally transport that water to deep injection wells, Joseph said. It also could reduce by 90% the volume of toxins marked for offsite storage, alleviating many environmental concerns.

There’s only two ways waste water can be handled after production: recycling or pumping it thousands of feet into the earth. The latter method has been linked to the New Year’s earthquakes in the Youngstown area.

» Via: The Business Journal › Consol, New Castle Firm Join on Recycling Venture