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They already have competition. EcoSphere Energy Services, a produced water recycling company that cut its teeth in the Woodford Shale, is setting up a treatment facility with a major operator in the Eagle Ford. The 1.2 MGD plant could easily be expanded to six times its initial size, said company President Aaron Horn.

“Because of the oil that [Eagle Ford] produces and the commodity prices, it seems to be where a lot of capital is being deployed. We’re going to follow on that opportunity,” he told AWI.

Horn noted that the ready availability of disposal wells makes pricing tricky. “We try to find a price point that makes sense. Where that changes is where there’s a shortage of freshwater available and the producer is forced to use recycled water,” he said, adding that in the Carizzo Springs area, “even in a wet time of year, water’s at such a premium that they’re forced to use recycled water.”

Until water recycling gains a foothold, millions of gallons of freshwater will be used in Eagle Ford. “The difficulty is none of the [water recycling] companies are quite capitalized enough to immediately provide services down there yet, and it’s not sure what kind of services can be wanted or can be afforded. You have to have a strong need for doing this kind of treatment: regulation, lack of water, the need to make your well perform better,” Burnett commented. He has formed a group to urge developers to drill below aquifers for undrinkable brackish water. “We can frack with brackish water quite readily now. We have the chemicals to do it.”