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Life alongside the impacts of Alberta’s fracking boom

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Source: The Narwhal
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Photo credit : A gravel road with puddles in potholes is seen from the front seat of a car. The mood is dreary and dark.

It is easy to get lost in the numbers when talking about fracking in Alberta: to be temporarily dazzled by the growth of production, the insatiable thirst for water and the profits that follow.

The practice has seen a dramatic increase over the past 13 years, with production rising sevenfold between 2013 and 2024 to the equivalent of more than 640 million barrels of oil per year. Water consumption also soared 335 per cent, from 6.5 billion litres to almost 30 billion litres of freshwater per year.

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