Conceptually it makes a lot of sense to farmers and oil producers alike: Use the latest filtration technology to turn one of Kern’s most troublesome waste streams — oilfield produced water — into a safe irrigation source.

Cal State  Bakersfield petroleum engineer Bryan Karunwi runs tests on how well the chemical oxygen demand cleans oilfield wastewater samples. Rodney Thornburg/For the Californian

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