Apparently, the current storage of water in all six mainstem reservoirs is "just 100,00 acre-feet above the base of the annual flood control pool."
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In case the link is broken in the future, December 17, 2010:
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday it plans to make a temporary allocation of 32 billion gallons, or 100,000 acre feet available annually to the oil industry, but it will charge a hefty fee for storing that water in the Garrison Dam reservoir.
The corps decided to study water allocations after receiving numerous applications for industrial water permits for the oil industry.
It now has nine applications pending for a total of 34,000 acre feet of water.
100,000 acre-feet is enough for 10,000 oil wells a year, based on an average use of 3 million gallons per well. Next year is expected to the biggest year ever for new wells at 2,000, according to the Department of Mineral Resources.
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It certainly makes one wonder if that's how the 100,000 figure was arrived at when deciding how much water could be made available for fracking.
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