North Dakota Company Addresses Oil Patch Wastewater Treatment

By Jim Kneiszel

January 16, 2012

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Stanley, N.D.-based Mon-Dak Water and Septic Services, a contractor featured in the December 2011 issue of Gas Oil & Mining Contractor, is making headlines this week by proposing to build the first stand-alone lagoon system to treat wastewater resulting from the growing Bakken oil sands industry.

Mon-Dak and its owners, father-and-son team Curt and Beau Vachal, were featured in GOMC for their septic service work in North Dakota. Read the story here: 

http://www.gomcmag.com/editorial/2011/12/been_there_done_that

And now the Vachals are making headlines in the Bismarck Tribune for a plan to solve the problem of treating an estimated 500,000 gallons of waste produced daily by thousands of workers on oilrigs across the state. Read the story here:

http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/solving-the-oil-patch-waste-problem/article_7d3ff38e-3e4a-11e1-bf4a-001871e3ce6c.html

The Vachals’ initial plan, which has received local zoning approval, would include building a lagoon with a 10-million-gallon capacity in Mountrail County. They then hope to expand further into oil country with three more lagoons. They say the lagoons are needed as municipal treatment facilities can’t handle growing wastewater flow.

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Previous Comments

#1 from lisanne on October 07, 2011

I agree, we need to know these regulations.

#2 from BOB on July 18, 2011

Thanks

#3 from bb on July 18, 2011

have a great birthday!

#4 from Mark Billings on July 14, 2011

In addition to the section on “Staying in moment”, it cannot be overlooked that the human mind is a powerful tool for fulfilling our desires. It is said, “What you put your attention on, grows.”

If we focus on the failure, rather than the lessons learned and the valiant attempt made, then it will likely grow in our experience, further reinforcing the negative thinking, as if it were justified. Instead, it is the “doom and gloom” that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Some people are very prophetic in that regard.

Better to put the attention where you would like to be and consistently put forward the efforts in that direction. Somehow, some way, that positive persistence draws support, ultimately, from those around us. Success breeds success, and most other people want to see us succeed. Only by moving in that direction will we get where we want to go.

Spend your efforts where they will add to your success, but most importantly, put your attention and mind-set on the goal. It can only grow closer with the greater focus.

#5 from BB on July 14, 2011

Thanks for the information. very informatiive.

#6 from BB on July 14, 2011

NOt sure the size of the labor pool is the issue. Its the quality.

#7 from BB on July 14, 2011

Thanks for the information.

#8 from Steve Webster on June 14, 2011

We have a number of good used HXX trucks if needed.

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