Colorado Frackers Doubled Freshwater Use During Megadrought, Even as Drilling and Oil Production Fell

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By By Liza GrossMay 22, 2023, 9:00 am237 pts
Oil and gas operators dramatically increased their reliance on high-quality water for fracking even though they produced enough wastewater to supply the operations. By Liza Gross In the middle of the longest-running drought in more than a thousand years, Colorado energy companies diverted rising volumes of the…

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