To put Marcellus water use in perspective, New York State as a whole withdraws 10 billion gallons
of fresh water daily from surface and groundwater combined. That’s 3.6 trillion gallons per year. The majority is used for thermoelectric power generation, but 2.6 billion gallons per day are withdrawn for public water supplies and domestic use.
The rest is divided among livestock and agricultural uses, irrigation, mining, and industrial uses.