Produced water is a term used in the oil industry or geothermal industry to describe water that is produced as a byproduct during the extraction of oil and natural gas, or used as a medium for heat ex
A shale gas well being drilled by a drilling rig in Pennsylvania
Diagram of an injection well for disposal of produced water
Industrial wastewater treatment describes the processes used for treating wastewater that is produced by industries as an undesirable by-product. After treatment, the treated industrial wastewater may
Produced water
…Regulatory Commission requires industrial discharges to remain below 60 pCi/L for each of the most common isotopes of radium, radium-226 and radium-228. Industrial waste water treatment Oil–water separator…
Chemical manufacturing discharge into the Cuyahoga River
Seafood processing waste discharged to the town harbor in Sitka, Alaska
Glass manufacturing wastewater in Louisiana
Mine wastewater effluent in Peru, with neutralized pH from tailing runoff