Hydraulic Fracturing Effluent Treatment System

Project goal: To develop a system that can treat effluent wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing.Effluent wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, often contains high levels of salts, toxic metals, and radioactive particles. Treating this toxic wastewater so that it can be responsibly reused or disposed of in a cost-effective and environmentally safe manner is a hurdle that gas companies must overcome. The design uses membrane distillation and crystallization in a system that can be easily transported and implemented for on-site treatment of fracking effluent. The treatment process will be able to generate 2,000 cubic meters of distilled water daily from effluent containing total dissolved solid levels that often exceed 100,000 parts per million.