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Report: Fracking colliding with other water uses during drought
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/eagle-ford-energy/article/Report-Fracking-colliding-with-other-water-uses-5207224.php
Report: Fracking colliding with other water uses during drought
By Jennifer Hiller : February 5, 2014 : Updated: February 6, 2014 4:59pm
SAN ANTONIO — Hydraulic fracturing is competing for water in some of the driest regions of the U.S., including the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, according to a research paper released Wednesday by the nonprofit Ceres.
The report said the Eagle Ford had the highest water use of any region in the country — 19.2 billion gallons — in an 18-month period and faces some of the biggest water challenges of any shale field in North America.
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It found that 98 percent of the Eagle Ford wells were in areas of medium or high water stress, with 28 percent in areas of high or extreme water stress.
Dimmit County used about 4 billion gallons of water for fracturing — more than any county in the U.S. during the time period.