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'Fracking' Wastewater That Is Treated For Drinking Produces Potentially Harmful Compounds

2014-09-25 10:11:01| oilandgasonline Home Page

Concerns that fluids from hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” are contaminating drinking water abound. Now, scientists are bringing to light another angle that adds to the controversy. A new study, appearing in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology, has found that discharge of fracking wastewaters to rivers, even after passage through wastewater treatment plants, could be putting the drinking water supplies of downstream cities at risk.

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