An in situ system used for treating an oil and gas well drilling fluid and
treating water after a well is completed. The system includes a fluid
treatment unit used in a reserve pit and a water treatment unit disposed
next to the pit. The fluid treatment unit includes a floating
electrocoagulation unit in the reserve pit for destabilizing contaminates
in the fluid and dropping out stable precipitates. The clear treated
fluid is then pumped, using a submersible pump, to the water treatment
unit. The water treatment includes a number of components including a
pre-filter, an activated carbon filter and a heat exchanger for first
treating the fluid. The filtered and heated fluid is then piped into a
reverse osmosis unit for removing salt and any remaining minerals found
therein. From the reverse osmosis unit, approximately 70 to 80% of the
filtered water is cleaned and piped to a clean water storage tank for
reuse. Reject water from the reverse osmosis unit is transferred to a
water pre-heater and a primary and secondary distillation unit for
converting the heated water to steam. The steam is now piped to a
condenser where the steam is cooled to distilled, clean water. The
remaining clean water from the condenser is now transferred to the clean
water storage tank.