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Foxconn Will Drain 7M Gals of Water / Day from Lake Michigan to Make LCD Screens

• eesmith 9y ago
  I looked that and thought the volume wasn't that large. Indeed, it isn't. The main issue (as Gizmodo reports) seems to be the attempt to work around the Great Lakes Compact.
• downrightmike 9y ago
  Where are they going to dump the 7M of waste water every day?
  • greenyoda 9y ago
    According to the article: > Nearly 2.7 million gallons of the water—about 39 percent of the daily intake from the factory—will be lost in the process, primarily from evaporation. The remaining water will be treated and returned to the lake basin.
• vanattab 9y ago
  Because "big" numbers like 7M are scary I think a little perspective is warranted. The great lakes contain 380 quadrillion gallons of water which means even if they did not return a single drop it would take 54 billion years(or ~10x the age of the earth it's self) to drain the basin. This is of course ignoring the whole fact that the water they don't return does not just disappear it increases the humidity of the air and causes increased rainfall somewhere. Also I find the idea that humans should only use fresh water for drinking and public utilities laughable. Water is and has been an integral part of making damn near everything for millennia.