LibGuides: Clean Water: Fracking and Water Depletion

Fracking

Natural Resources Defense Council
It looks like a lot, but quite a short article about the impacts of fracking.

Fracking by Ryan Nagelhout
Call Number: 622 NAG
ISBN: 9781433999192
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Explains what fracking is and how it works, and discusses its impact on the environment.
Fracking by Kevin Hillstrom (Editor)
Call Number: 622 HIL
ISBN: 9781420508697
Publication Date: 2013-03-15
Examines the origins and development of fracking; how fracking works, the benefits, the drawbacks, and both the promise and the peril of this method of extracting natural gas.

Feel free to move forward in this video at a fastr pace, but just look at the colors on the maps and how drastic the change is.

Fracking by Tamara Thompson (Editor)
Call Number: 363.738 THO
ISBN: 9780737765090
Publication Date: 2013-02-25
A collection of essays presenting a range of viewpoints on fracking, the use of hydrolic fracturing to collect natural gas from shale rock.