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EcoVAP Records Highest Evaporation Rate to Date, 63x Pan Rate, at BGNDRF Test Facility
OREM, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EcoVAP, Inc. is proud to announce the first results of a pilot-scale EcoVAP Evaporation Matrix at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (“BGNDRF”) in Alamogordo, New Mexico…
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US Supreme Court Decision in Hawaii Has Broad Implications for Injection Well Disposal
A recent ruling by the US Supreme Court on the breadth of the Clean Water Act (1972) is expected to have significant precedent-setting implications for all wastewater injection wells…
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West Texas Shale Companies Could End Up Paying Up to $207-$763mn to Transport Water from Seismic Zones
In response to a 88x increase since 2018 in >3 Richter scale earthquakes in the Permian, Texas regulators are imposing restrictions that can shut-down or sharply curtail the volumes of certain saltwater injection wells (“SWDs”)…
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EcoVAP’s Dramatic Impact on Reducing C02 Footprint
The attached report “The Carbon Footprint of Water” estimates the water sector consumes a whopping 13% of all electricity in the US and is responsible for 5% of all US carbon emissions…
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Study: Toxic Fracking Waste is Leaking into California Groundwater
California is facing “massive” groundwater contamination due to the practice of dumping wastewater into “percolation pits,” being the last state in the US that allows dumping into these unlined ponds…
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Permian: Increasing Earthquake Clusters Lead to Renewed Regulatory Interest
Predictably, the recent recovery Permian basin E+P activity has also led to increasing SWD volumes and earthquake “clusters”. This has lead to more stringent regulations on the Texas side of the basin that are expected to affect 76 facilities. On the western side, New Mexico regulators are also considering a variety of measure to reduce…
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Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Signs Sales Agreement to Market EcoVAP’s Groundbreaking Wastewater Solutions
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (“SCOA”) has signed a non-exclusive sales agreement with EcoVAP, Inc. (“EcoVap”), a leader in advanced water reduction solutions for agricultural, municipal, and industrial users…
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Textile Industry: Responsible for Up to 20% of All Industrial Wastewater
Textile dying is one of the most polluting industries, consuming 21 trillion gallons of water annually to be mixed with textile colorants, and then disposing of nearly an equivalent amount (enough to fill 37 million olympic sized swimming pools, or about 20% of all industrial wastewater)…
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A “Dirty Dozen” of Mining Environmental Risk is Called Out, Mostly Citing Tailings Pond Issues
Despite improvement following the 2014 Mount Polley tailings pond disaster, significant wastewater management risks remain in mining-rich British Colombia…