Source: Making batteries takes lots of lithium: Almost half of it could come from Pennsylvania wastewater
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“”Wastewater from oil and gas is a burgeoning issue,” Mackey said. “Right now, it’s just minimally treated and reinjected.” But it has to potential to provide a lot of value. After all, he said, “It’s been dissolving rocks for hundreds of millions of years—essentially, the water has been mining the subsurface.””
