The Fairmont Brine Processing plant can extract about 60 tons of salt a day from processed frack fluid. The fine, sand-like salt can be used for treating roads during the winter.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Deep-well injection of used fracking fluid raises concerns of environmental pollution and pressure-stimulated earthquakes.
Just north of Fairmont, overlooking the east side of the Monongahela River and Bellview across the water, a small plant is busy providing an alternative.
Since 2013, Fairmont Brine Processing has been cleaning up frack fluid and producing distilled water for re-use in the field and rock salt for treatment of snowy winter roads.
General Manager Brian Kalt recently provided TheDPost.com with a tour of the site…