Fracking may put drinking water supply at risk for many countries, study finds

[Judi Lynn]

Fracking may put drinking water supply at risk for many countries, study finds

Fracking is said to use 7 billion gallons of water a year just in Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and North Dakota alone.

By Thor Benson | Sept. 14, 2014 at 6:28 PM

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A new study by the World Resources Institute finds that many places with water scarcity are using too much of their resources on fracking. "Eight of the top 20 countries with the largest shale gas resources face arid conditions or high to extremely high baseline water stress where the shale resources are located; this includes China, Algeria, Mexico, South Africa, Libya, Pakistan, Egypt, and India," the study states. The United States is also at risk, according to the study, since many of the places inside the United States that are good for fracking are going through a drought or generally have low water supply.

To drill a fracking well takes 5 million gallons of water, on average. States like Texas have a strong fracking industry, but lack of water supplies has forced frackers to import water from elsewhere to continue their business.

The study states that China faces water scarcity in 61 percent of its available fracking locations, Argentina is at 72 percent and the United Kingdom is at 34 percent. The report recommends water risk assessments before drilling, increased transparency of fracking company actions, cooperation between companies and governments and lowering freshwater use in fracking.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/09/14/Fracking-may-put-drinking-water-supply-at-risk-for-many-countries-study-finds/2081410732373/

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[ZombieHorde]

1. I wonder if people will ever violently revolt over something like this.

Seems to me attacking people's drinking water is playing with fire.

Maybe not.

[ruffburr]

2. As The Plot Thickens-

So once they pollute all the private wells,I wonder which corp will profit?,Hint think 'nestles corp. Aqua fina, perrier. etc all owned by Nestle's corp Check out the documentary on amazon or netflix to see how they are already "helping people in the third world countries "NOT" just think of their profit growth. And around around this crap goes on and people just hide their collective heads in the sand. I know Must be another conspiracy theory. loll

[FlatStanley]

4. I should have posted as a reply to you.

I subscribe to said "conspiracy" theory.

[Champion Jack]

7. We were told if our well went bad...

They would bring in "city" water. Bad tasting, chemical laced city water drawn from the same creeks and river the Frackers are spilling into...

[FlatStanley]

3. Makes it easier to privatize the water.

You can get the low cost, low quality water, or you can pay for guaranteed quality.

It's a beautiful thing.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. From the Journal of the Fucking Obvious ...

actually, I give a lot of credit to the people who did this study in the face of well-funded opposition. Hard to imagine how unpopular they've made themselves with the "job creators" in their own countries.

[phantom power]

6. To quote Dr. Seuss...

the people who matter don't mind, and the people who mind don't matter.