Williams Production Company, RMT
(formerly Barrett Services)
Wyoming
Williams Production Company was seeking an alternative to conventional NPDES surface water discharge for management of its produced water and asked CES to develop a plan for the evaluation, design, permitting, construction, operation and monitoring of a land-based water management system. The Kingsbury CBM project site was selected for the location of the first demonstration project.

CES has developed a 100 acre site for demonstrating the beneficial use of CBM water and confirming the most cost effective and performance effective soil/water amendments. The site consists of a small reservoir, pump, pipeline and center pivots for applying the CBM water injection equipment for adding water amendments and traditional agricultural equipment for the application of the soil amendments. CES is managing the complete site.

As a part of the demonstration project, CES is monitoring the soil on a weekly basis initially looking for changes in SAR, EC and pH and soil moisture to confirm the movement of water through the soil profile. On a monthly basis, complete soil chemistry and hydraulic properties will be determined. Performance of each of the soil/water treatments is being evaluated on the collected data and cost.

Preliminary results indicate CES has identified cost effective methods for managing CBM produced water for beneficial use in the production of range forages for livestock and wildlife.