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− | + | Centralized impoundments are wastewater-holding facilities that are: | |
*A natural topographic depression, manmade excavation or diked area formed primarily of earthen materials. | *A natural topographic depression, manmade excavation or diked area formed primarily of earthen materials. | ||
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− | + | Centralized impoundments are frequently used by drilling operators to hold vast quantities of hazardous fracking [[flowback]] and [[produced water]] generated by unconventional shale wells. Centralized impoundments differ from other types of impoundments by being associated solely with hazardous waste, as compared to freshwater dams, and by serving to hold waste from multiple wells and/or well pads in the area surrounding them. | |
==Centralized Impoundment Permits== | ==Centralized Impoundment Permits== | ||
==Environmental Hazards== | ==Environmental Hazards== |
Centralized impoundments are wastewater-holding facilities that are:
Centralized impoundments are frequently used by drilling operators to hold vast quantities of hazardous fracking flowback and produced water generated by unconventional shale wells. Centralized impoundments differ from other types of impoundments by being associated solely with hazardous waste, as compared to freshwater dams, and by serving to hold waste from multiple wells and/or well pads in the area surrounding them.