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Shale Produces Less Wastewater

Written by Greg Russell | Mar 3, 2013 7:27:10 PM

Crain's Cleveland Business has an interesting article on wastewater production from shale development:  "It turns out horizontal shale drilling produces less toxic wastewater than conventional wells to get the same amount of gas, according to Brian Lutz, an assistant professor of biogeochemistry at Kent State."

Read the whole thing.