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What Is Produced Water?

Inside Climate News · By Liza Gross, Dylan Baddour · last updated
Here’s what you need to know about wastewater from oil and gas drilling operations.

By Liza Gross, Dylan Baddour

“Produced water” is water that returns to the surface as wastewater during oil and gas production.

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