{"id":7615,"date":"2015-04-27T05:43:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T10:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7615"},"modified":"2015-04-27T05:43:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T10:43:53","slug":"how-much-water-does-the-california-oil-industry-actually-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7615","title":{"rendered":"How Much Water Does The California Oil Industry Actually Use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2015\/04\/26\/how-much-water-does-california-oil-industry-actually-use\" target=\"_blank\">How Much Water Does The California Oil Industry Actually Use?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>When California Governor Jerry Brown\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2015\/04\/08\/urban-water-use-restricted-california-regulators-give-oil-industry-two-more-years-operate-injection-wells-groundwater\" target=\"_blank\">issued mandatory water restrictions<\/a>\u00a0for the first time in state history, he notably excluded the agriculture and oil industries from the conservation efforts, a decision that was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-gov-brown-agriculture-water-restrictions-20150405-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">heavily<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/246429-california-water-mandate-oil-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\">criticized<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The oil industry, for its part, insists it is a responsible user of water. The Western States Petroleum Association, an oil industry lobbying group, for instance,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wspa.org\/blog\/post\/oil-production-and-drought-we-get-it\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cOil companies are doing their part to conserve, recycle and reduce the water they use to produce oil and refine petroleum products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some perspective is certainly needed here: the amount of water used to produce oil in California is, in fact, dwarfed by the amount used for agriculture. But the thing is, the state can\u2019t make any fully informed decisions about whether or not to include oil development in water cuts because no one knows exactly how much water the California oil industry is using in the first place. That all changes on April 30, however.<\/p>\n<p>Last September, Governor Brown\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservation.ca.gov\/dog\/SB%201281\/Pages\/Index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">signed into law\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">SB<\/span>\u00a01281<\/a>, which requires companies to make quarterly reports to state regulators at the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (<span class=\"caps\">DOGGR<\/span>) detailing the source and volume of water \u2014 whether fresh, treated, or recycled \u2014 used during oil development processes, including extreme oil extraction methods like fracking, acidization and steam injection. The first set of data required to be reported to\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">DOGGR<\/span>\u00a0under\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">SB<\/span>\u00a01281 is due at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Required reporting on water usage is an important first step in devising an effective water conservation plan for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2015\/01\/29\/no-end-sight-california-s-climate-exacerbated-drought\" target=\"_blank\">drought-wracked California<\/a>, Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute, tells DeSmogBlog.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Much Water Does The California Oil Industry Actually Use? When California Governor Jerry Brown\u00a0issued mandatory water restrictions\u00a0for the first time in state history, he notably excluded the agriculture and oil industries from the conservation efforts, a decision that was\u00a0heavily\u00a0criticized. The oil industry, for its part, insists it is a responsible user of water. 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