Marina Schwarz + 1,576 February 1, 2018 "A new study highlights how the five million gallons of freshwater used to fracture just one gas well in the U.S.—or more than enough to fill seven Olympic-size swimming pools—has depleted water levels in up to 51 percent of streams in Arkansas." here's a new direction for efficiency improvements... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rodent + 1,424 February 1, 2018 The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if Arkansas really exists at all. It has been my long-held belief, stemming from childhood, that some of those middle states in the US aren't actually there. I've never met anyone from Arkansas, or Iowa, or Missouri. In fact, I've never met anyone who's even been there. CIA black sites? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rodent + 1,424 February 1, 2018 but if it does exist, and the streams are 51% depleted, that seems... bad. Don't they recycle the water that they use to frack? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TraderTate + 186 TS February 1, 2018 Some do recycle, but this, I understand, is still a nascent process. The water usages is a massive problem for everyone, even the frackers because it's a huge cost issue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marina Schwarz + 1,576 February 5, 2018 Recycling is probably costly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rodent + 1,424 February 5, 2018 7 hours ago, Marina Schwarz said: Recycling is probably costly. So then, what happens to the water, ultimately? I mean, it's not like it disappears? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carlsbad + 19 CB February 5, 2018 so a majority of the water (maybe around 60%) injected into a well discharges as wasterwater, that either has to be stored somewhere, taken somewhere else to be treated or recycled. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marina Schwarz + 1,576 February 6, 2018 @Rodent, they put it into the ground, which is what has been found to be linked to quakes. makes sense really, you can't dumb millions of gallons of water into the ground (underground reservoirs) and expect the earth's crust to ignore it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites