You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
contaminants, produced water often<br />
contains “flowback water” from oil and<br />
gas fracking fluids, which contain any<br />
number of proprietary chemicals that<br />
the industry does not want to disclose<br />
for competitive reasons.<br />
<strong>Amigos</strong> <strong>Bravos</strong>’ position is that there are<br />
too many unknowns in produced water<br />
to safely treat it for use outside of the<br />
industry, and even if you could identify<br />
every single contaminant (which today<br />
is definitely not the case) the cost of<br />
treating the water to remove all these<br />
contaminants would be so prohibitively<br />
expensive as to make it impossible.<br />
<strong>Amigos</strong> <strong>Bravos</strong> is engaged with the staff<br />
at both the Energy, Minerals and Natural<br />
Resources Department (EMNRD) and<br />
the Environment Department (NMED)<br />
as they develop rulemaking and study<br />
the issue, and we have already provided<br />
numerous public comments outlining<br />
our concerns to both agencies.<br />
Right: Produced water holding pond in the<br />
Permian Basin. To read more about Produced<br />
water in New Mexico visit,<br />
https://searchlightnm.org/wastewater-everywhere/<br />
Photo: Donald J. Unser, Searchlight New Mexico.<br />
| 17