Spectrum News Features PhD Candidate’s Work on Recycling Oilfield-produced Water

Josh Swigart, SFS PhD student
Josh Swigart, SFS PhD student

Joshua Swigart, a former environmental consultant for the oil industry, is now a PhD candidate at the School of Freshwater Sciences. Working with Laodong Guo and Marcia Silva, he is furthering his research into developing equipment that would decontaminate water produced from oilfield wells and allow the extraction of lithium, which is used in batteries for cars.

Spectrum News aired a story about his work on May 23, 2022. View it here.