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Greedy frackers guzzle precious drinking water while drought continues in Texas | |
Greedy Frackers User ID: 46057115 United States 10/01/2013 08:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Even as fall officially begins in Texas and temperatures dip into the low nineties, 97% of the state is suffering from an extended drought that is pitting neighbor against neighbor in a battle over water. Lakeside restaurants are closed, boat docks stand high and dry, farmers are at odds with suburban gardeners, and small town wells are depleted. In the state’s booming Oil Patch, the earth is cracked and the grass is brittle, but water is still gushing to hundreds of hydraulic fracturing operations. It’s water in, energy and dollars out at a gold-rush pace that some say cannot continue. Read more: [link to nation.time.com] [link to nation.time.com] |
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