Fracking boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty
Suzanne Goldenberg in Barnhart, Texas
Sunday 11 August 2013 10.07 EDT
Link to video: Texan drought sets residents against frackingBeverly McGuire saw the warning signs before the town well went dry: sand in the toilet bowl, the sputter of air in the tap, a pump working overtime to no effect. But it still did not prepare her for the night last month when she turned on the tap and discovered the tiny town where she had made her home for 35 years was out of water.
“The day that we ran out of water I turned on my faucet and nothing was there and at that moment I knew the whole of Barnhart was down the tubes,” she said, blinking back tears. “I went: ‘dear God help us. That was the first thought that came to mind.”
For the rest of this article please click the link to the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water