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A mile down is, as already stated in the article, way below any water table. There is no groundwater there to contaminate.
by gipp 2y ago
A mile down is, as already stated in the article, way below any water table. There is no groundwater there to contaminate.
- danbruc 2y agoNot an expert, just searched for it, but this article suggests - just skimmed it - that while most groundwater is indeed not that deep, there is groundwater several miles down and the interaction between deep and shallow ground water is not well understood. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00697-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00697-6