Fracking in the Marcellus Shale of Pennsylvania and West Virginia do not only use millions of gallons of water per operation, according to a new report. The study also shows that operations fail to return almost all that water to its purified form. The report, from San Jose State University, focused on water use and reporting in hydraulic
Study: Fracking Sucks Up Freshwater At Alarming Rate
Fracking uses a lot of lake and river water. A new study finds less than a tenth of it ever gets recycled.