Hydraulic Fracture Water Treatment

Hydrofracing uses chemically enhanced surface and/or ground water during the fracking process, and produces formation (production) and flowback waters typically high in in salts of calcium, magnesium, iron, sodium, chlorides, and in sulfur, along with hydrocarbon fractions. Benchscale testing for contractors and production companies conducting Pennsylvania (Marcellus) and Louisiana (Haynesville and Bossier, Cotton Valley) shale plays have been performed for water reuse and disposal.