October 19, 2009

Range Resources Corp. announced today that it is now recycling all of the waste water produced by its natural gas drilling operations in Washington County.

The recycling efforts will play a huge role in achieving the state Department of Environmental Protection's proposed 2011 water quality discharge standards, according to Range.

"Range's recycling program is helping to eliminate wastewater, lower drilling costs, reduce consumptive water needs by 25 percent, and lessen local truck traffic," said Jeff Ventura, Range's president and chief operating officer, in a statement.

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