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Need to analyze VOC contaminating water sources in Danish Flats

Posted by Betsey Seibel on Mon, Oct 20, 2014 @ 09:52 AM

Within the Uintah Basin of Utah there are 15 evaporation pond farms that manage liquid waste.  Recently, one of the facilities in Grand County, Utah, which receives wastewater from oil and gas mining in Colorado, was found to be operating without air-quality permits for the past six years. Since April 2008, the facility has released “tons of toxic chemicals” into the air. The company, Danish Flats Environmental Services, had also provided faulty data that did not accurately report the effectiveness of emission-control equipment on site. An analysis conducted by the states Division of Air Quality found that the site was a “major emission source for hazardous air pollutants and volatile organic compounds.” The company was subsequently fined $50,000 for its violations.

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Tags: VOC, Volatile Organic Compounds, wastewater

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