For those of you in the water treatment and recycling business, the New Mexico legislature recently passed ground-breaking legislation for water conservation advocates. New Mexico House Bill HB546 cleared the path in 2019 for water recycling going forward, by voiding agreements or covenants which require the operator to use fresh water, if more suitable recycledRead more
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EnergyMakers Advisory Group’s Laura Capper recently shared her perspective on produced water disposal capacity in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico with Energywire. Laura’s thoughts are part of a bigger Energywire story on how regulators in those oil patch states are trying to handle the large volumes of wastewater produced during drilling and completions operations. ThisRead more
As water demand keeps rising and viable supplies dry out, creative approaches are required to make smarter use, and reuse, of existing water. This is the mission of the new Center for Materials for Water and Energy SysTems (M-WET), a multi-university research center headquartered in The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering.Read more