Sep
21
Too Bad You Can't Drink Biofuel
By Jodi LaMarco
The Ogallala aquifer, which supplies water to one-fifth of irrigated land in the United States, is already struggling to keep up with demands.
The recent boom in ethanol production--as exemplified by the pending construction of nine new biofuel facilities in the region--could stress the aquifer by as much as 2.6 billion additional gallons every year.
The ethanol coalition claims that there are already 132 ethanol plants operating within the U.S., with another 79 under construction. Together, the 211 plants have the capacity to produce 12.5 billion gallons of biofuel annually.
Environmental Defense reports that it takes three to six gallons of water to yield one gallon of ethanol.
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