PA Rep. Jonathan Fritz
Two weeks ago, MDN shared two stories about different shale wastewater plants coming (already in testing) in Susquehanna County, PA, tucked in the northeast corner of the state. The purpose of the facilities is to extract lithium from frack wastewater, or "brine" (see
Integrated Lithium Production Plant Coming to PA Marcellus in 2026 and
Successful Lithium-from-Brine Pilot Test in Susquehanna County, PA). We followed up on those stories with a post last week, pondering the question of whether landowners will see any financial benefit from extracting lithium from what is otherwise a waste product (see
Do Landowners Get Money for Lithium Extracted from Wastewater?). That post sparked a heated debate on the topic.
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