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Does Fracking Contaminate Water

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For energy companies the use of flowback water for fracking eliminates the need to truck wastewater to disposal wells. The question Does fracking pollute drinking water reveals our concern regarding the protection of this planet. Forward Osmosis To Purify Fracking Water The Water Network By Aquaspe At last the EPA confirms what independent science has overwhelmingly determined for years that drilling and fracking contaminate drinking water said actor and prominent environmentalist Mark Ruffalo on behalf of the national Americans Against Fracking coalition. Does fracking contaminate water . Matthew LloydGetty Images Fracking can contaminate water supplies if it is not done properly because the fracking fluid injected into rock to enable gas to. That hasnt stopped some from claiming that fracking has contaminated water supplies. In order to fracture a single well site natural gas companies can use anywhere from 15 to 16 million gallons of water per well3 Such intensive water use plac...