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How to Save Water on Fracking
2014-02-20 09:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Among the environmental worries posed by hydraulic fracturing, including the release of methane into the air and contamination of groundwater, one has recently escalated: the concern that the enormous quantities of water used in fracking will leave parts of the country parched. In 2012, fracking consumed some 50 billion gallons of water -- water that many communities can ill afford to spare. New practices can make fracking somewhat less thirsty, however. States should see that drilling companies...
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