That is often overstated. South Texas is a very dry location and the Eagle Ford tends to require several times as much water to hydro frac as formations like the Bakken. Studies show the massive amount of drilling in that area are using about 1% of the total water use in the area.
“That is often overstated”
Not really.
We are negotiating with small towns across Kansas to purchase their treated sewer water, for fracking. Kansas is in drought, and the backlog to even apply for a water right is 9 months...not that they would actually issue any new permits in the central and west zones of our Division of Water Resources.
Trust me - water is a huge issue in Kansas, and the premium put on it will prevent us from exploiting all our oil and gas nearly as rapidly as they have in ND.