Frac or Fiction: Does Frac’ing use an Excess of Water?

Water accounts for about 70% of the Earth’s surface, and is crucial to many energy making industries such as: coal, nuclear, oil,biofuel and even natural gas. But how much of the earth’s water does frac’ing actually use?! A typical Cabot well (in Susquehanna County, PA) requires about 6,650,000 gallons of…