Fairmont Brine Processing Facility Offers Alternative for Frac Water Disposal
According to WDTV, Fairmont Brine Processing located in Fairmont, West Virginia is using a “specialized evaporation and crystallization process” to recycle hundreds of thousands of gallons of water used in Marcellus development by natural gas operators across the area. Its evaporation process can distill constituents of the brine and transform them into products that can be beneficially used by local governments and organizations – such as salt to be used on the roads during the winter driving season. Fairmont Brine Processing hopes to provide cost-effective recycling services to operators as a way of encouraging development of the State’s natural gas reserves while also creating jobs and giving back to local communities.