Frack Water Recycling Plant on Hold
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
It could be at least another month before GreenHunter Water’s allowed to build a frack water recycling plant in Warwood, West Virginia, according to the Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register.
The recycling plant is at the mercy of the Wheeling Planning Commission. Commissioners delayed voting on a zoning change that would allow the recycling plant project to continue.
The plant will recycle water from natural gas producers like Chesapeake Energy Co. and Chevron.
The next commission meeting is July 8.
» Via: The Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register › Frack Plant Plan on Hold
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What is fracking?
Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
Is it safe?
What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
Will my water catch on fire?
Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.