The Problem:

Mines and quarries used to be located miles away from residential areas, but these days, more and more people live and work in mining towns. The wastewater that is gathered from mining are a result from the washing and grading processes that happen in the mines, or from rainwater dropping down on exposed rock areas. Because of the exposure, the wastewater from these areas normally has traces of surfactants and haematite. Other dangerous chemicals that have been found include certain oils and hydraulic oils.

Oils and hydraulic oils are also common contaminants. Wastewater from metal mines and ore recovery plants are inevitably contaminated by the minerals present in the native rock formations. Following crushing and extraction of the desirable materials, undesirable materials may become contaminated in the wastewater. For metal mines, this can include unwanted metals such as zinc and other materials such as arsenic. Extraction of high value metals such as gold and silver may generate slimes containing very fine particles in which physical removal of contaminants becomes particularly difficult.  Again, remediation has been found to be the most effective method applied so that these contaminants are removed and the water in the area is made potable again.

The Solution:

The Power to Economically Recycle Water in Your Drilling E&P Program While Substantially Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Your Operation.

One of the largest opportunities for the application of LATITUDE SOLUTIONS, INC’s Electro Precipitation™ Technology is in reclaiming drilling wastewater from Mining operations. LATITUDE SOLUTIONS, INC has developed an alternative energy-driven means of filtering gas well reserve pit drilling water, a waste stream that few competing technologies can tackle. LATITUDE SOLUTIONS, INC’s technology reclaims drilling wastewater by using a unique filtration technology and harnessing a chemical energy source required by downstream E&P processes, a cost and resource that is already being consumed on each well.

Application of this technology saves money, dramatically reduces energy consumption, and reclaims or recycles millions of barrels of fresh water that are normally transported long distances, injected in deep disposal wells and forever lost from the fresh water cycle. Fresh water is utilized in all phases of gas well development: drilling, completion, and stimulation. Most of the source water for these activities comes from fresh water wells, surface waters or municipal water supplies. On average, a single well can consume 5,000,000 to 8,000,000 gallons of fresh water that may never see its way back to the fresh water cycle.

LATITUDE SOLUTIONS, INC’s technology for filtering drilling wastewater dramatically reduces the negative environmental impact of E&P operations by not only conserving and recycling precious fresh water, but significantly reducing the overall carbon footprint and danger of E&P water handling.