New Facility in Tioga County
Will Recycle Frack Water
State Senator Joe Scarnati (R-25) and State Representative Matt Baker (R-68) announced that $500,000 in state grants have been released by the Corbett Administration for the construction of a hydraulic stimulation fluid manufacturing facility in Blossburg, Tioga County.
The funding is being made available through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, which is intended to assist in the immediate creation of quality, family-sustaining jobs.
The administration of the grant is being overseen by the Tioga County Development Corporation and is part of a $12 million project to recycle frack water. The plant will use a process that will convert flow back water from natural gas drilling fracking operations into a usable Hydraulic Stimulation Fluid.
“This additional funding will provide dozens of new jobs to residents of this area, as part of the growing Marcellus Shale industry, Scarnati said. “Not only will new jobs be created, but the facility will help to promote clean water and protect our environment, so it is a win-win situation.”
“The natural gas industry is continuing to grow and this funding will help make new technologies accessible to the industry with the ability to transform nearly 330,000 gallons of waste water a day into clean, reusable water for the drilling industry,” said Baker. “That is quite an accomplishment, especially since, with the investment in this facility, we will be able to preserve about 100 million gallons of water from being extracted from our streams and rivers each year, and prevent millions of pounds of dissolved solids from being discharged into our waterways. This is an inventive way to help further preserve and protect our environment while continuing to expand our business and employment opportunities.”
The Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program requires applicants to demonstrate they have secured non-state project funding as well.
The funding is being made available through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, which is intended to assist in the immediate creation of quality, family-sustaining jobs.
The administration of the grant is being overseen by the Tioga County Development Corporation and is part of a $12 million project to recycle frack water. The plant will use a process that will convert flow back water from natural gas drilling fracking operations into a usable Hydraulic Stimulation Fluid.
“This additional funding will provide dozens of new jobs to residents of this area, as part of the growing Marcellus Shale industry, Scarnati said. “Not only will new jobs be created, but the facility will help to promote clean water and protect our environment, so it is a win-win situation.”
“The natural gas industry is continuing to grow and this funding will help make new technologies accessible to the industry with the ability to transform nearly 330,000 gallons of waste water a day into clean, reusable water for the drilling industry,” said Baker. “That is quite an accomplishment, especially since, with the investment in this facility, we will be able to preserve about 100 million gallons of water from being extracted from our streams and rivers each year, and prevent millions of pounds of dissolved solids from being discharged into our waterways. This is an inventive way to help further preserve and protect our environment while continuing to expand our business and employment opportunities.”
The Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program requires applicants to demonstrate they have secured non-state project funding as well.
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