Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources: Separating the Frack from the Fiction

This report is a detailed assessment and synthesis of existing research on fracking as well as the results of interviews with representatives from state and federal agencies, industry, academia, environmental groups, and community-based organizations from across the U.S.  Interviewees indentified a broad set of social, economic, and environmental concerns foremost among which are impacts of hydraulic fracturing on the availability and quality of water resources.