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Our look at the
CLAIRTON MUNICIPAL
AUTHORITY
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Municipal authorities like the extra income
created by accepting Marcellus Shale gas drilling wastewater.
One 4,000 gallon tanker truck often pays 5-cents per gallon, or $200
per load, adding greatly to a facility's bottom line.
However, due to problems with high-TDS (total dissolved solids) in
Pennsylvania waterways, the number of waste treatment plants
permitted to accept gas drilling wastewater has decreased
since the early days of Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling.
Toward the end of 2008, new limits were imposed by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection that only allow sewage
treatment plants to accept 1% of their daily flow as gas
drilling brine.
At the end of 2009, the Clairton Municipal Authority was
accepting an average of 39,000 gallons (ten 4,000 gallon loads) of
gas drilling wastewater per day. Below are photos of the sewage
treatment plant located in Clairton, Pennsylvania.
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Clairton
Municipal Authority
1 North State Street
Clairton, PA 15025
Telephone: 412-233-3246
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4,000 gallon Residual Waste tri-axle tankers
lined-up in the driveway waiting to dump
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Clairton Municipal Authority
Water Pollution Control Plant
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Tanker truck backing into the
facility to discharge its load
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Clairton Municipal Authority
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Residual Waste tanker
waiting in line
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Clairton Municipal Authority
Clairton, Pennsylania
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Municipal Authority outflow
into Peters Creek
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Treated water flows down Peters Creek a short
distance and then into the
Monongahela River
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LINKS
Gas
drilling wastewater
Residual
waste tanker trucks
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