Warren's Patriot Water wins a round in legal battle to operate

WARREN — The Environmental Review Appeals Commission has ruled that state environmental regulators will be deposed Wednesday in a case involving Patriot Water Treatment LLC.

The ERAC today ruled in favor of Patriot in the company’s quest to retain permits for itself and the city of Warren.

The ERAC said the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency cannot avoid producing witnesses for deposition testimony in two pending pieces of litigation.

The 10-month-old company treats some brine wastewater from fracking sites.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a process in which water, chemicals and sand are blasted through pipes into rocks thousands of feet below the ground to unlock natural gas and oil.

Patriot treats some of the low-salinity brine water before sending it to Warren’s wastewater plant.

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