Bloomberg: Among the environmental worries posed by hydraulic fracturing, including the release of methane into the air and contamination of groundwater, one has recently escalated: the concern that the enormous quantities of water used in fracking will leave parts of the country parched.
In 2012, fracking consumed some 50 billion gallons of water -- water that many communities can ill afford to spare. New practices can make fracking somewhat less thirsty, however. States should see that drilling companies...