A golf course water withdrawal sufficient to frack a well every 8 days gets an environmental pass by the New York DEC, which has sat 5 years on fracking.

The amount of water used in hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is often raised as an objection to the process and reason to subject it to rigorous regulation by such agencies as the states, the EPA and contrived special purpose agencies such as the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC). Knowledgeable folks know the actual amount of water used (roughly 4-5 million gallons per fracking job) is tiny in comparison to other uses such as irrigating golf courses, but the general public often stops listening after “millions.” Perhaps a golf story will be useful in demonstrating our point.

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