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03/24/10 5:06 AM

#5858 RE: kipp440 #5837

ESPH.ob hits all-time high: 1.15 ... !!!

U.S. Patent Office Grants Ecosphere Technologies Green Tech Patents to Treat Natural Gas Industry Frac Waters

Patented Technology Eliminates Chemicals Used in Fracturing

STUART, Fla., March 16, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:ESPH - News), a diversified water engineering and environmental services company, today announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has issued a formal Notice of Allowance for two of its patents to treat industrial wastewaters and potable waters. Major energy companies fracturing wells in the natural gas industry are successfully using the Ecosphere Ozonix technology and frac tank systems. The innovative and environmentally friendly system allows companies to eliminate biocides while fracturing the wells and then clean the water when it flows back after the fracturing process to be recycled in fracturing new wells. Millions of gallons of water are used on each new well.