Solution blooming for fracking spills?
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 02:06
in Earth & Climate
North Dakota's oil boom can have a salty side-effect. Wastewater from oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – is often laden with salts and can spill, contaminating soils. In 2014, for example, 42 such brine spills per week, on average, were recorded in North Dakota.