The Dictionary of Gas Drilling Euphemisms

Now, Merriam-Webster defines Euphemism as:
the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also : the expression so substituted

So, here goes. Let's go through some of the favorite euphemisms used by the gas industry to thinly veil some very nefarious practices.

Best Management Practices
A friend of mine, brought this one to my attention. He calls them Bad Management Practices. In actuality, these are only guidelines and are completely on the "honor" system and are completely unenforceable. Don't ever be beguiled by this nice sounding term. You know the old saying. "There is no honor among...." Just fill in the blanks...you know the old saying!!! Let's get these ideas into laws with some teeth!

Brine - usually thought of as a salt water, but in the case of gas drilling this fluid could include oil products, NORMS or radioactive substances, and a collection of heavy metals.

Drill mud - bentonite clay that is enhanced with toxic biocides and extremely toxic polymers.

Frack Ponds - not a pond at all, but a plastic lined depression to hold fluids for fracking.
A friend says: "A frack pond is actually supposed to hold fresh water that they use for fracking and NOT toxic flow back or waste water. Around here they sneak the flow back in the frack water and think we won't know the difference."

Household products: hydraulic fracturing chemicals.

Land Farms - Nothing bucolic or romantic about these farms. This is the practice where gas companies spread toxic drilling waste over once pristine farmland to simply get rid of the waste. see this article:
http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3374:tilling-in-toxins&catid=30:cover-story&Itemid=375

Proprietary Formulas - Sounds a bit like a pharmacist's delight, but in reality these are the formulas of toxic fracking chemicals that are injected down into gas wells. They include biocides which have been described by gas industry officials themselves as some of the most toxic substances. Over three hundred toxic chemicals have been discovered to have been used in other states, but we never know what is used in each well. Isn't that just precious that these toxic chemicals are protected like trade secrets by an amazing inventor or scientist. Who is being protected here...our water? NOT!!!

Slick Water - water that is lubricated with toxic substances such as diesel.

Water - as in produced water, as in potentially toxic waste

I will add more to this dictionary as we go along...hope this helps translate things for you!!!