Sorted by date Results 26 - 29 of 29
The residents and businesses served by the R & T Water Supply Commerce Authority now have greater access to high-quality drinking water, thanks to additional supply from the Western Area Water Supply Authority (WAWSA). The R & T system was officially hooked up to WAWSA service today (8/13). “WAWSA wants to thank the State Legislators, Governor Dalrymple and the State Water Commission who continue to recognize the value and benefit of the Western Area Water Supply Project (WAWSP). With their support, we will remain on track to provide h...
Concerned about the potential of water contamination, many Americans have voiced their opinions and concerns about hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking. This concern is leading the U.S. towards waterless fracking. Is it possible to drill dry? The fracking process is a technique where millions of gallons of water are typically mixed with sand and chemicals and then injected at an extremely high pressure into a wellbore to create fractures in the rock formations - making space for the...
Oil and gas extraction practices are permanently removing at least seven billion gallons of water from the hydrologic cycle each year in just four arid western states, according to a new report, Gone for Good, published by the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC). The reason for the huge loss of water is that states have failed to place adequate protections on the use and contamination of fresh water in hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” the technology that has allowed the oil and gas industry to extract oil and gas from sha...
The oil industry activity in the MonDak region increased in 2011 more than anyone ever imagined. The recent activity being called a boom had everyone skeptical, but the refinement of horizontal drilling combined with hydraulic fracturing, called fracking, has made this boom possible. During the current boom the workers have come ahead of the infrastructure and the region is scrambling to accommodate but sometimes with hesitancy. Many remember the region’s last boom 30 years ago. When crude p...
