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>What nastiness are we subjecting ourselves to today? Among the list of nasty things we are doing, fracking stands out. Fresh water is scarce in much of the wo
by nemacol 5y ago
>What nastiness are we subjecting ourselves to today?
Among the list of nasty things we are doing, fracking stands out. Fresh water is scarce in much of the world. Ground water is drying up and massive aquafers are eroding.
Simultaneously we are pumping cancer directly in the ground, breaking up rocks, and mixing the cancer stuck in the rocks into the ground water. Pumping that cancer back out and ... god only knows what is really happening to it.
My town, which relied on well water for as long as it has been a town, had city water installed in 2005~. Right around the time all the well heads were going up. I would guess that my well is no longer safe/usable - though I have never had it tested.
Seems a real shame and extremely short sighted.
- dehrmann 5y ago> though I have never had it tested. Unless neighbors had theirs tested, there's no reason to assume there are issues with your well's water quality or that fracking caused them. Testing it if you plan on using it again is reasonable, though.
- MichaelZuo 5y agoWhat has higher probability of causing contaminated groundwater than nearby fracking?
- tempestn 5y agoIt's not known that the groundwater is contaminated in this case.
- MichaelZuo 5y agoIn the general case do you know of a higher probability source of contamination?
- cascom 5y agoSlightly off topic: I’ve asked several people I know in the energy industry how they’d feel about having fracking done on their land where they drank the well water, and the response was pretty universal, no problem, as long as they knew which companies were doing the work - they view the whole thing simply from a quality standpoint, reputable operators/service providers were going to produce a safe outcome, people cutting corners was where the risk was.