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A Virus Could Help Save Billions of Gallons of Wastewater Produced by Fracking

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. X-ray crystallography
  2. Virology
  3. protein folding
  4. neurodegenerative disorders
  5. Microbiology
  6. Cryo-electron microscopy
  7. Biochemistry

Featured Researcher(s):

Bernal, Ricardo
College: Science
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
A Virus Could Help Save Billions of Gallons of Wastewater Produced by Fracking
Date: April 30, 2024



An estimated 168 billion gallons of wastewater — or produced water — is generated annually by the Permian Basin fracking industry, according to a 2022 report by the Texas Produced Water Consortium. The major waste stream has proved both difficult and costly to treat because of the chemical complexity of the water.


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