Using a form of 'ice that burns' to make potable water from oil and gas production
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 09:30
in Earth & Climate
In the midst of an intensifying global water crisis, scientists are reporting development of a more economical way to use one form of the "ice that burns" to turn very salty wastewater from fracking and other oil and gas production methods into water for drinking and irrigation. The study on the method, which removes more than 90 percent of the salt, appears in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.