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Can Municipal Treatment Plants Handle Fracking Wastewater?

The discussion about fracking wastewater is far from over. As the City of Auburn, N.Y., learned, municipal plants are just beginning to understand how drilling wastewater affects a treatment system.
  • By Jennifer West
  • May 29, 2014

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Can Municipal Treatment Plants Handle Fracking Wastewater?
One thing is certain: Discussions about fracking wastewater — from its contents to the capabilities of wastewater treatment plants — are far from over.

A discussion about drilling wastewater has stalled in Auburn, N.Y. after an engineering firm determined the city’s wastewater treatment plant cannot handle the waste without further studies. GHD Inc., in Cazenovia, N.Y. conducted a headworks analysis for the City of Auburn and...

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