Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Barnett Shale Water Use Facts

From the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology:

1.2 million gallons per vertical well
 
3 to 3.5 million gallons per horizontal well
 
8.5 billion gallons water used in 2011
 
22,000 acre-feet average annual use 2007 to 2025
 
417,000 acre-feet projections for water use 2007 to 2025
 
55 billion gallons total consumed from 1981 to 2011

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