in the UK the infrastructure act which passed into law in late February of 2015 effectively establishes a political definition of a hydraulic fracture if less than 1,000 cubic meters of water is used on a single stage or less than 10,000 cubic met of water are used for the entire process then it will not be regarded as a hydraulic fracture so under this new definition what occurred at priest Hall would not actually be regarded as a hydraulic fracture the reality is that a Frack is a Frack is a frack