*About California,Water use and wastewater: The average fracked well in California used 166,714 gallons of water, according to a 2013 Ceres report. In 2011, onshore oil and gas drilling wells in California produced more than 2.5 trillion barrels of produced water; over 126 million was produced at the Inglewood oil field of Los Angeles County. A 2014 report by World Resources Institute found that ten gas deposits sit atop aquifers that are being withdrawn at rates that far exceed their natural recharge rate, including Californias Monterey formation, which covers the southwest coastal region around Los Angeles and inland near Bakersfield as well as in Texas and the Rocky Mountains. *Risk assessments As of 2012, California has not assessed fracking’s risks to California’s groundwater, according to a 2012 Environmental Working Group (EWG) report. The report cites a 2011 letter in which Sen. Fran Pavley asked state regulators to “provide the results of any risk assessments that the State of California has conducted regarding potential groundwater contamination associated with hydraulic fracturing.” The agency responded: “The division does not know of any state risk assessment regarding potential groundwater contamination associated with hydraulic fracture.”[7] According to Clean Water Action (CWA), fracking poses many risks for Californias water supply since a single frack well can use upwards of hundreds of thousands to millions of gallons of water. Additionally, CWA seconds EWGs report that fracking could pollute groundwater supplies in the state. (ftp.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=California_and_fracking)
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