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I believe the fact I’m this is on land may make it dramatically less impactful though.

• hinkley 7y ago
  It’s in land that feeds one of the largest watersheds in the US, and an important aquifer: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer This is why people protested so hard. Not some vague Luddite treehugger ideal. Not even global warming although that was a distant second. But because this was a really fucking stupid place to have an oil spill. Let alone two. And of course there will be more.
  • ryanlol 7y ago
    It seems worth noting that this particular spill is clearly not in the area you're describing. The title states North Dakota, where this Aquifer is not. lettergram is most likely correct.
  • masonic 7y ago
    None of the Ogallaga Aquifer is in North Dakota, where this spill is.
    • hinkley 7y ago
      Is there something about the pipeline, the maintenance crews, safety practices, government oversight and corporate policies, that makes North Dakota a special place where all of the problems will occur? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Pipeline https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Pipeline Where does the existing pipeline go? Where does the proposed one go?
  • wahern 7y ago
    That area seems closest to the Northern Great Plains aquifer system, but not actually in it: https://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/ch_i/gif/I049.GIF https://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/ch_i/gif/I049.GIF And the area seems to be part of the Hudson Bay watershed: https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/Pubs_resources_tools/resources/eei_awards/2011nd.aspx https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/Pubs_resources_tools/re... So it doesn't seem that even the runoff would threaten any American aquifers.