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HydroEdge takes majority stake in RES Water to build Appalachian water platform

HydroEdge Solutions said newly formed parent WET Tech has acquired Reserved Environmental Services and affiliates, combining the two into one of the largest independent water management platforms serving the Marcellus and Utica shales. The combined company runs five Pennsylvania treatment, recycling and storage facilities with roughly 700,000 barrels of storage and up to 116,000 barrels per day of processing capacity, backed by about 350 employees.

Why it matters: Energy-services consolidation is following the E&P playbook in Appalachia, where scale increasingly wins producer contracts.

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