Water delivered to or removed from each shale gas well

The two high-capacity pumps currently operating are situated in Dunball - others have been installed in Beer Wall.

When they all are up and running they will move 7.3 million tonnes of water each day from the Somerset Levels

Ideally shale gas wells are at the lowest levels of each area, meaning flood water will drain towards the shale gas water pumps.

It also means that the pumps have less depth to drill.

Viewers will have seen the effect that a small number of these high capacity pumps made, therefore if 20 had been operating from the first heavy rainfall, it can be seen that they would have removed 73 million tonnes of water per day.
8 pumps shown below, picture from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26215777