As part of the partnership, an integral component of the service includes owning and operating water recycling systems.

The joint venture, Freestone Water Solutions, will utilize proprietary technology designed to treat and recycle flowback water, as well as produced water for subsequent reuse in the fracking process.

The joint venture’s system minimizes the amount of new water required in the fracking process, as well as the amount of water that must be trucked offsite and disposed of at disposal well locations.

Freestone Resources president Clayton Carter said the joint collaboration will utilize a technology that has been selected and modified based on that research and the company’s specific water management needs.