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Hurricane Ian's Long Term Environmental Damage Underscores the Value of EcoVAP’s Wastewater Elimination Ability
November 2022
Following Florida’s hurricane Ian, the clean-up continues, but some contamination from overflowing wastewater storage and evaporation ponds is likely to lead to toxic soil and freshwater for years to come...
Unchecked Oil and Gas Wastewater Threatens California Groundwater
October 2022
California is the only US state that still allows untreated oil and gas “produced water” to be dumped into unlined pits...
US "Carpet Capital" Facing Legal Action for PFAS Disposal
September 2022
Residents of Rome, Georgia are asking courts to halt dumping of upstream carpet dye wastewaters that cannot be treated by most traditional municipal sewage systems...
EcoVAP Records Highest Evaporation Rate to Date, 63x Pan Rate, at BGNDRF Test Facility
June 2022
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...
US Supreme Court Decision in Hawaii Has Broad Implications for Injection Well Disposal
April 2022
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...
West Texas Shale Companies Could End Up Paying Up to $207-$763mn to Transport Water from Seismic Zones
January 2022
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”)...
EcoVAP’s Dramatic Impact on Reducing C02 Footprint
January 2022
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...
Study: Toxic Fracking Waste is Leaking into California Groundwater
November 2021
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...
Permian: Increasing Earthquake Clusters Lead to Renewed Regulatory Interest
October 2021
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 earthquake risk.
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska
WASHINGTON POST
MARCH 2021
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska