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Who is Texas Molecular?
Solving today’s wastewater
problems to preserve tomorrow’s
water resources
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What is Underground Injection?
•Disposal of liquid waste streams by injecting them into wells drilled specifically for the purpose of waste disposal
•Very inexpensive waste disposal method for LARGE volumes of aqueous wastes, and other liquid wastes that are hard and/or expensive to dispose of by other means.
•Safest method of disposal for these types of wastes according to the EPA.
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Did you know?
• Texas Molecular, Deer Park Facility» Over 60,000,000 gallons injected annually» 2 FRP wells to service pH 0-14 without neutralization» Permitted to inject hazardous waste by TCEQ Underground Injection Permits and EPA
“No Migration” exemption.» Permit capacity: approx. 236,000,000 gallons per year» Bulk storage: 1.5 million gallons, 3.4 million gallon permit » Permitted drum storage: 6792 drums » Accept Bulk Truck, Bulk Rail, and Containers» 24/7 Receiving » 24/7 Customer Service» 5 Unloading pads» You can’t line up enough trucks to cause us to go over our capacities
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Did you know?
• Our injection technology provides our Customers with:
• Reduced risk
• No discharges to waterways
• No risk to groundwater
• Waste is non-recoverable by any reasonable definition
• TMDP has a long, safe operating record (nearly 30 years)
• Low air emissions
• Virtually no CO2 emissions
• Regulated by EPA, TCEQ, and Underground Injection Control "UIC" regulations
• There has never been a Commercial Hazardous Class I Well on Superfund list
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• Low carbon footprint
• No combustion or biological processes
• Underground injection has a lower carbon footprint than other disposal methods such as incineration or wastewater treatment.
• Underground injection portions of wastewater streams are exempt from Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR)
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Injection well diagram and FAQ’s
How deep are your wells?
Where is the waste injected?
How is it contained?
How many groundwater monitoring wells?
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EPA UIC 30 Year Poster
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Did you Know?
• What types of waste do we accept?»Wide waste code list (D, F, K, U, and P)»We are the low cost provider for the disposal of the streams that we accept »Special wastewaters
D001 high organic subcategory D003 reactive sulfides and cyanides D009 high subcategory pH 0 to 14 Pesticides Difficult to treat or discharge water Acids (Hydrochloric, Sulfuric, Phosphoric, Chromic, Hydroflooric,Nitric)
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• Solutions By Industry
• Our deep well technology allows us to provide sustainable, economical, and environmentally sound bulk liquids disposal solutions to a wide variety of industries such as:
• Refineries
• Treatment Storage and Disposal Facilities
• Landfills
• Galvanizers
• Plating operations
• Chemical and Petrochemical
• Military
• Pharmaceuticals
• Aerospace
• Power companies including coal fired power plants
• Pesticides
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Common misconceptions about underground injection
•You don’t hear much about underground injection so it must not be a common waste disposal technology.
•Underground injection in Class I wells is a very common disposal technology for wastewater. Most people are unaware that approximately nine billion gallons are injected annually because almost 99% is injected in captive wells owned by large industrial generators. To our clients, underground injection is common. Many of them ship millions of gallons to us annually and have done so for many years.
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Common misconceptions about underground injection
• Class 1 injection wells present a great risk to groundwater.
• Permits for class 1 wells are very stringent. There is a requirement to maintain annulus pressure 100 psi greater than the injection pressure. Should a leak occur in the injection tube, the annulus fluid will be forced by pressure into the injection pipe and permitted formation. Of course there is also cement casing outside the annulus. If annulus pressure is lost, the well is down immediately.
• Normally a workover is required before the well can re-start. The design, operation, and permits for our injection wells act as barriers to groundwater problems. Our compliance with the longstanding and comprehensive EPA Underground Injection Control Program protects surface waters as well as groundwater sources of drinking water.
• An EPA study showed that a nearly impossible chain of events would have to occur in order for a Class 1 injection well’s multi-layered safety systems to fail, and groundwater be impacted. The odds of that happening are one in ten quadrillion.
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Texas Molecular Underground InjectionAdditional Questions
• More Information available at www.texasmolecular.com
• Contact Texas Molecular Account Manager
• Shawn Boswell
• 214-923-9849
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