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All shale gas wells drilled and completed in the United States in 2011 consumed approximately 135 billion gallons of wat
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The Facts on Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Use

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0.3%

USA

total freshwater consumption

amount used by Hydraulic Fracturing

4 Million Gallons

6 mins New York City consumes four million gallons of water every 6 minutes.

A hydraulic fracturing job requires about four million gallons of water, spread out over several days. For comparison:

1.3%

1

Month

Four million gallons is about 1.3 percent of the amount of water used in car washes every day.

Water Risk Comparison Oil & Natural Gas Development

All shale gas wells drilled and completed in the United States in 2011 consumed approximately 135 billion gallons of water, equivalent to about 0.3 percent of total U.S. freshwater consumption.

Just one of the 15,889 golf courses across the United States uses four million gallons of water in less than one summer month.

Oil and natural gas development has the lowest water risk compared to most other industries.

Agriculture

Low Risk Source: World Resource Institute (WRI) http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/aqueduct/aqueduct-atlas

Food & Beverage

Extremely High Risk