Is it really a lot of water? There are significant variations but I thought, as a broad generalization, an average fracking well uses, in its lifetime, about as much water as an average golf course in two weeks.
> pumped so much fluid underground in the Permian Basin that it leaked into a prolific oil-producing layer of rock, making it all but impossible to extract crude, according to an April court filing.
> The Permian produces almost as much oil as Iraq and Kuwait combined. But its wells generate up to five barrels of chemical-laden waste fluid for every barrel of crude, creating a growing disposal challenge.
its a lot of water
Water use per well can be anywhere from about 1.5 million gallons to about 16 million gallons.
I think a Golf course might use a bit more per year, but this is per well and the state of Texas has 279,615 active oil and gas wells. Not sure of all of them are fracking wells or not.
Or
About 1 year worth of US almond production.
That's a lot of water, no?