Fracking waste commonly used in commercial applications

“They’ve spread it on roads. They’ve irrigated almond farms and fruit groves with it. The oil and gas industry’s liquid waste has been used for a variety of commercial and industrial purposes over the years. But never has the “beneficial use” of this waste stream been so grossly applied, or so close to home, as it is today.

Meet Eureka Resources and Nature’s Own Source. Both of these companies have attracted attention by processing liquid waste from oil and gas operations and creating commercial products for use in pools and on roads, sidewalks, patios, stairs or anywhere else a consumer may put it. “

Read Is Drilling and Fracking Waste on Your Sidewalk or in Your Pool?, February 21, 2019. Image credit Clorox® Pool&Spa™.

Have you ever heard the phrase “putting lipstick on a pig?” Well, companies are rebranding fracking waste to use as salt in your swimming pool or on your sidewalk… A great write up from Truthout on the "beneficial" reuse of oil and gas wastewater…. https://t.co/ugzVoyNiAi

— Endocrine Disruption (@endo_exchange) March 7, 2019

California Farmers Irrigate Crops With Chevron's Oil Wastewater in Drought-Stricken Central Valley
via @EcoWatch
https://t.co/K6XOpGc7MU

— Freeheart (@eelawl1966) August 26, 2016

Study finds health threats from oil and gas wastewater spread on roads – https://t.co/5pZ0Tc0G79

PennState study cited here, PA recently stopped permitting the practice of drilling brine on roads…https://t.co/xq2IQK5D0X

— Kim Landsbergen (@treebiology) December 7, 2018

Investigation: Clorox Selling Swimming Pool Salt Made From Fracking Wastewater – Prepare For Change ~ 4th March 2019 https://t.co/kgLsuXip82 pic.twitter.com/Lub90p1gcK

— Agnes Khoo (@333BlueRay) March 5, 2019