Stopping 110,000 ppm water from increasing disposal volume in the Permian

Reducing produced water volume even with high TDS and dust storms

In the Permian Basin, this operator wasn’t dealing with typical produced water. Their starting point hovered around 110,000 ppm TDS.

At that concentration, disposal isn’t flexible. Every barrel either hits PSI limits or gets trucked to a saltwater disposal well. And as disposal sites move further out, costs go up. 

Reducing volume remained their top priority.

High winds and dust storm complicate disposal conditions

In West Texas, high winds and dust storms interfere with anything that relies on spraying, misting or conventional evaporation.

Performance drops. Nozzles clog. Maintenance increases.

So even when existing systems were selected and designated for volume reduction, they couldn’t perform consistently in real-time field conditions. That left our customer managing more than just water, but serious systemic instability.

And then they found the Ecovap Matrix^™.

Designed for chemistry and harsh environments

Ecovap was built for continuous operation. Water passes through the Evaporation Matrix and reduces immediately. As TDS increases, the remaining concentrate is constantly removed and sent to disposal, keeping the system from compounding its own constraints.

At the same time, the matrix avoids the common failure points experienced in spray-based systems. No nozzles to clog. No contaminated mist to drift. Instead, any dust that settles on the surface gets rinsed off during normal rewet cycles and the system keeps running.