What they also don't say is that most of the water comes back out and is recycled.
In other news demand for water truck drivers in oil field areas nation wide has dramatically increased.
"Having in a CDL "A" class is like having the golden token from Wille Wonka" ...said one driver contemplating his 6 figure annual income.
Drilling unconventional wells is using up all of our fresh water. Answer: False.
“The hydraulic fracturing industry uses in one day what New York City uses in 12 hours. In one day, we use the same amount of water that irrigates less than one percent of the entire U.S. corn crop. It amounts to about 20 percent of golf-course watering for one day.
“Now let’s talk about alternative energies and their consumption of water: For shale gas development, for every million BTUs produced we use 2.3 gallons of water. For coal, it’s five gallons of water. For nuclear, it’s 11 gallons of water. For biofuels, it’s 2,500 gallons of water that’s used to create 1 million BTUs of natural gas.”