Where does the water used in hydraulic fracturing come from?
The water for a fracing operation can come from a variety of sources, such as a town supply, shallow or deep licensee-sourced water wells, dugouts, sloughs, creeks, lakes, rivers, and produced water from adjacent oil and gas operations. All non-saline water is obtained with permission from the appropriate parties, such as landowners, municipalities, cities, and Alberta Environment. Companies are encouraged to use produced (saline) water when possible and to treat and reuse flowback water for future fracing.
