Drought spurring fracking concerns

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As the drought strains water supplies in historically parched South Texas, the oil and gas boom stepping up in the Eagle Ford region has added a new level of uncertainty.

With widespread pasture losses, crop failures and shortages of water in rivers, reservoirs and wells, the Carrizo and Gulf Coast aquifers, which underlie the region, already are under increased pressure to meet the needs of agriculture and cities.

Add to that the tens of thousands more wells expected to be drilled in the coming two decades, each of which requires millions of gallons of water to unlock the hydrocarbons within the shale, and the increased workforce needed to make the boom happen, and a perennial question for the region becomes even more urgent:

Is there enough water?



Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/energy/article/Droughtspurringfrackingconcerns-1450808.php#ixzz1R6JpoyfS

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1. Is there enough water? Answer - No

Not for an industry that uses so much water. Not for coal plants or nuke plants either!

Oh don't you just love it when paid industry consultants always give the answer the industry wants to hear:

The yes answer comes from geologist Darrell Brownlow, a member of the South Central Texas Regional Water Planning Group and an oil and gas industry consultant who recently completed an analysis of projected future water use in the Eagle Ford.

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Good article.

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2. +1

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3. Let me think?

UMMMMMMM no. Result of Climate change? hmmmmmm