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SCIENCE STUDIO: Recycling Brackish Water

  Keith & Russ talk with Glenn Schrader, Associate Dean of Research and Administration, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona.  Glenn talks about the possibilities of using water reserves from hydraulic fracturing and re-using those for drinking water, business, or agricultural purposes.  He also talks about the OASES project, which is public-private partnership between universities and private companies to search for "the next bucket of water" for the arid Southwestern U.S.

Aired Nov. 3, 2013.

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