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New science confirms oilfield produced water safe for irrigation

New science confirms oilfield produced water safe for irrigation

Safety of venerable Cawelo water recycling program great news for Californians genuinely concerned with science of food supply By Dave Quast, EnergyInDepth Kern County’s Cawelo Water District (Cawelo) has released results from yet another third-party toxicological study concluding that low level organic elements found in oil field-produced water are not being absorbed into crops irrigated […]

By November 22, 2016 0 Comments Read More →
Science confirms oilfield produced water safe for irrigation

Science confirms oilfield produced water safe for irrigation

by Dave Quast, EnergyInDepth For more than 20 years, Kern County’s Cawelo Water District (Cawelo) has helped farmers offset water shortages by recycling some water brought from the ground (“produced”) during the oil and gas development process in non-hydraulically fractured wells. The produced water is filtered and treated by Cawelo. The water district then blends […]

By October 24, 2016 0 Comments Read More →