Among those impacts are substantial water usage, damage to roads by heavytrucktraffic, potential spillage of frac fluids and management of the chemicals used in the process.
High-frequency indicators like heavytrucktraffic for December fell 3.6 percent on the month, suggesting a high possibility of a negative variation in industrial production for that month.
The big balance in the Rainy Day Fund might also be tapped to help counties in the Eagle Ford and elsewhere in the state to fund the repair and improvement of county roads that are being impacted by the high volume of heavytrucktraffic that comes along with rapid oil and gas development.