Most KS Landfills Refusing To Take Wastwater & Sludge From Fracking Operations

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Truckloads of mud from oil well fracturing are on an odyssey to find an unloading location. The companies hauling the mud are trying to dispose of the product and are looking at landfills as a potential dumping area, but most landfills, including the Pratt County Landfill, are saying ‘no’ to the mud.

The problem with the mud is moisture. Fracking produces lots of mud with high water content. A drier mud might be accepted, but fracking byproducts are very wet.

“That’s just one of the rules of the landfill. We just don’t take liquid,” said Dean Staab, director of Environmental Services for Pratt County.

A rule of thumb for the landfill is if material is placed in a paint filter and fluid runs out it is too wet to put into the landfill, Staab said.

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http://www.pratttribune.com/news/x996540692/Landfills-refusing-sludge-from-fracking-wells

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1. That's ok, they'll just go out on some country road at night and dump it.