Not exact matches
If passed, the law would be the first in the state by a county legislature banning the use of the chemical -
laden wastewater from
fracking wells as a road deicer.
Fracking wastewater is
laden with chemicals used to drill and
frack the well and may also contain radioactive compounds and heavy metals released from deep underground.
Opposition to a proposal to dump out - of - state
fracking wastewater in Nebraska went viral over the weekend, after a community group posted a video of a man offering chemical -
laden water to a Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
The study found no evidence of contamination from chemical -
laden fracking fluids, which are injected into gas wells to help break up shale deposits, or from «produced water,»
wastewater that is extracted back out of the wells after the shale has been fractured....