Monster Wells: Hundreds Of Fracking Wells Using 10-25 Million Gallons of Water Each

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By Mike GaworeckiNov 23, 2014, 2:57 pm151 pts
While the oil and gas industry likes to claim that fracking is not an especially water intensive process, a new report has found that there are more than 250 wells across the country that each require anywhere from 10 to 25 million gallons of water. The American Petroleum Institute suggests that the typical…

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