An apparatus and method for on-site treatment and reclamation of oil and gas
well
waste water or fracturing fluids. The mobile treatment process and apparatus provide
both chemical precipitation and filtration to treat the drilling fluid waste to
a technically and environmentally acceptable level allowing for reuse. Alkaline
treating agents are applied to the drilling waste fluids, as they are pumped through
the treatment apparatus, to increase the pH of the fluid waste to a preferred pH
range and to also cause selective soluble contaminants in the fluids to form a
precipitate. The waste fluid is allowed to clarify as the precipitate of insoluble
contaminants, through flocculation, settle and form a sludge at the bottom of the
drilling pit. The clarified fluids are then filtered to satisfy applicable industry
and environmental requirements.