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The lake was already alkali and didn't have fish, mitigating the impact (sodium reacts with water to form lye, but the lake was already basic enough that it lik
by maxerickson 5y ago
The lake was already alkali and didn't have fish, mitigating the impact (sodium reacts with water to form lye, but the lake was already basic enough that it likely didn't have a large impact on the PH).
https://cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/tons-sodium/96/i49 https://cen.acs.org/environment/sustainability/tons-sodium/9...
- dendrite9 5y agoVery cool, I never honestly thought about the state of the water before the disposal. I'm a bit surprised that fish and amphibians can live in the lake now. Thanks for the link!