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A comment on Shale Drillers Turn on Each Other as Toxic Water Leaks Hit Biggest US Oil Field. Parent comment

Re:Shale Drillers Turn on Each Other as Toxic Water Leaks Hi... by maxglute on Monday July 21, 2025 @02:27PM (#44638645)
Chatgpt napkin math, entire lifetime of US shale water uses is ~2% of annual US agriculture irrigation (300k wells, 5 million gallons per well, 1.5 trillion gallons lifetime)

Or

About 1 year worth of US almond production.

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Re:Shale Drillers Turn on Each Other as Toxic Water Leaks Hi... by conception on Monday July 21, 2025 @07:30PM (#44641550)
1.5 trillion gallons removed from our fresh water reserves and out of the water cycle. Doesn’t seem great!
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