The answer: 20,000 cubic feet/second.
A cubic foot of water: 7 gallons.
So, in one second: 140,000 gallons of water released from the Garrison Dam today
In one minute: 8 million gallons of water released from the Garrison Dam today
In one hour: 500 million gallons of water released from the Garrison Dam today
Less then 4 million gallons of water are used to frack a well, but let's keep it simple:
500
If I did the arithmetic correctly, enough water is released from the Garrison Dam each hour to frack 100 wells.
2,000 wells will be fracked this year. Less than a day's worth of discharge from the Garrison Dam should be enough water to frack all the wells that will be fracked in the North Dakota Bakken this year.
I apologize ahead of time if my calculations are incorrect; I will correct them if necessary.
You conclusion is solid. I recalculated the numbers for you: http://outrunchange.com/2013/05/25/how-much-water-does-it-take-to-frack-all-the-wells-in-bakken-for-a-year-less-than-one-days-discharge-from-garrision-dam-2/
ReplyDeleteI appreciate that. I often make mistakes when dealing with, what often seems, simple arithmetic. Thank you.
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