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Fracking to Grow U.S. Water-Treatment Market Nine-Fold by 2020

Industry Week.... -- The race to treat water used in shale-gas drilling could create a $9 billion industry.

The need to treat wastewater from the hydraulic-fracturing process used in shale-gas drilling will contribute to nine-fold growth for the U.S. water-treatment industry by 2020, Lux Research said in a report Tuesday.

The U.S. water-treatment industry will grow 28% annually to $9 billion over the next eight years as the field develops new technologies to treat fracking wastewater, the technology research and advisory firm reported.

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Submitted May 01, 2012 By: fracknsave

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DanMtz Champion Author Oakland Posts:3,370 Points:1,246,350 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 5:17:21 PM Ignore DanMtz Report Abuse Just like there are treatment facilities for waste oil/water from oil wells injected with steam...
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,964 Points:755,135 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 8:30:22 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Well sad GT3186, add a little self reliance too!
CVA19 Champion Author Salem Posts:2,393 Points:612,200 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 7:36:35 PM Ignore CVA19 Report Abuse Present a problem, and engineers in the private sector will find a way to solve it. It's called ingenuity and incentive; two things the government doesn't possess.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,964 Points:755,135 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 7:32:16 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse "What a concept: polluting drinking water with from hydraulic-fracturing will create a need for water treatment.... Anyone actually buying this sh*t?" - PDQblues ==================== Well, since there are no proven cases, I reckon PDQ is buying. :=)
fracknsave Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:1,666 Points:58,000 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 6:15:56 PM Ignore fracknsave Report Abuse If you enjoy utopia over prosperity, just say so. I also can't imagine why they would hook your house up to the waste water treatment plant, since once you make your tap water impure, it should be designated so for eternity, no?
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,089 Points:1,451,250 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 5:50:26 PM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse What a concept: polluting drinking water with from hydraulic-fracturing will create a need for water treatment. Sort of like shooting yourself in the foot will help create a market for medical practices. Anyone actually buying this sh*t?
TomT2Lee Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:5,362 Points:1,599,705 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 5:28:21 PM Ignore TomT2Lee Report Abuse Sounds a bit like the Federal Government claiming that the average US citizen's income rose because they received their federal refund money.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,964 Points:755,135 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 4:54:47 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse "This doesn't sound like a good way to "Grow Jobs". How about alternative, green energy" ===================== Well, that has not worked out too well.
deputydog082 Champion Author Detroit Posts:1,800 Points:663,245 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 3:08:08 PM Ignore deputydog082 Report Abuse a safety related industry growth is good
Tehbob Champion Author California Posts:2,311 Points:460,530 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 12:56:35 PM Ignore Tehbob Report Abuse This doesn't sound like a good way to "Grow Jobs". How about alternative, green energy?
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,964 Points:755,135 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 12:52:03 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Another great advancement in the already safe practice of hydraulic fracturing. Private enterprise finding ways to get things done!