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Cities can't treat brine from new gas wells


Ohio cities hoping to profit from natural gas drilling won't be able to cash in after all, reports The Columbus Dispatch.

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency officials announced Monday that cities can't treat millions of gallons of salty wastewater from new natural gas wells in their sewage plants and dump it into streams. The agency says it is concerned that the wastewater, called brine, poses a pollution risk.

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