Water Use Variability in Hydraulic Fracturing

Fracking’s Water Footprint in on the Rise
(Natasha GEILING, ClimateProgress/ThinkProgess; July 2, 2015)
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/02/3676624/fracking-water-usgs-study/

Recent Research Publications by Tanya J. GALLEGOS, USGS

Hydraulic Fracturing Water Use Variability in the United States and Potential Environmental Implications (Accepted Manuscript, Tanya GALLEGOS et al., 2015)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015WR017278/pdf

Trends in Hydraulic Fracturing Distributions and Treatment Fluids, Additives, Proppants, and Water Volumes Applied to Wells Drilled in the United States from 1947 -2010 — Data Analysis and Comparison to Literature (GALLEGOS and VARELA, 2014)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2014/5131/pdf/sir2014-5131.pdf#

Data Regarding Hydraulic Fracturing Distributions and Treatment Fluids, Additives, Proppants, and Water Volumes Applied to Wells Drilled in the United States from 1947 through 2010 (GALLEGOS and VARELA, 2015)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/0868/pdf/ds868.pdf