OriginClear Inc (OCLN)

[Roland Rick Perry]

California Farms Are Using Fracking Wastewater.

Just came across this article in Bloomberg.

Conservation is “suddenly leaping to the forefront,” said Laura Capper, founder of Houston-based CAP Resources, which advises the industry on water use. “You’re going to see a lot of retrofit programs. If they’re not already recycling, they’ll be adapting.”

The water’s typically too salty to be potable, although in parts of the state it can be treated enough for use by farmers. The vast majority of the waste is either reused for drilling or injected into disposal wells.

That may change thanks to businesses such as OriginClear Inc., a Los Angeles-based licensor of technology that purifies wastewater by zapping it with electric pulses. OriginClear has run pilot projects for both CRC and natural-gas producer Aera Energy LLC, William Charneski, OriginClear’s senior vice president, said in a Dallas interview.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-08/in-california-big-oil-finds-water-is-its-most-prized-commodity