"July 2012: In the midst of one of the worst droughts in American - TopicsExpress



          

"July 2012: In the midst of one of the worst droughts in American history, certain companies that extract natural gasand oil via hydraulic fracturing faced higher water costs or were denied access to water for 6 weeks or more in several states, including Kansas, Texas, Pennsylvania, and North Dakota (Ellis 2012, Hargreaves 2012, Dittrick 2012) Fall 2011: Due to extreme drought conditions, the city of Grand Prairie, Texas, became the first municipality to ban the use of city water for hydraulic fracturing. Other local water districts in Texas followed suit by implementing similar restrictions limiting city water use during drought conditions (Lee 2011)." Bottom of Page 11
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:39:26 +0000

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