Water Use in Fracking Rises. Increases by a factor of 22 times.

United States Geological Survey released a nationwide map for water use in fracking. 

USGS also reports that the water use skyrocketed after 2000, with the avergae gallons used “increased from about 177,000 gallons per oil and gas well to more than 4 million gallons per oil well and 5.1 million gallons per gas well.”

USGS Map   Public News Service