Water & Power Technologies

Sciencedaily | December 12, 2016

"We hope that this work will develop new ways for studying the processes that occur during hydraulic fracturing in a more controlled lab setting," said Travis Tasker, a doctoral candidate in environmental engineering at Penn State and principle investigator on the study. "This could also have implications for managing the wastewater that returns to the surface or understanding downhole mineral transformations that could form precipitates, clog pores and reduce a well's gas pro...

labmanager | December 13, 2016

Many gas formations, such as the Marcellus Shale, exist several thousand feet below the surface in higher pressure and temperature environments. Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, is a common method for extracting natural gas from these formations. Fracking uses the process of injecting millions of gallons of a mixture made of sand, water, and chemical additives into shale formations at high pressures. This injection causes the shale to fracture and release trapped gases. After the fr...

nbcnews | July 22, 2016

Officials told residents of a small Colorado community not to drink or shower in tap water Thursday because one of the town's wells may have been contaminated with THC, marijuana's intoxicating chemical.No illnesses have been linked to the water in Hugo, a town of about 730 people some 100 miles southeast of Denver, said Lincoln County Public Health Director Susan Kelly.bv...

foxnews | December 15, 2016

During a news conference Thursday morning, city spokeswoman Kim Womack revealed that about three to 24 gallons of an asphalt emulsifier called Indulin AA86 had made its way into the city’s water supply after back-flow incident that occurred late Wednesday, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported.The announcement came about 12 hours after the city issued a mandated ban on drinking or using tap water.Water samples were sent to a testing facility in Austin and city officials have been workin...