A virus could help save billions of gallons of wastewater produced by fracking

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Apr 30, 2024, 10:58 am68 pts
$photo of A virus could help save billions of gallons of wastewater produced by fracking image$ An estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater—or produced water—is generated annually by the Permian Basin fracking industry, according to a 2022 report by the Texas Produced Water Consortium. The major waste stream has proved both difficult and costly to treat because of the chemical complexity of the water.

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