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Why in the world would it ever be okay to inject contaminated waste water into the ground? That sounds just plain stupid.
by eyeareque 12y ago
Why in the world would it ever be okay to inject contaminated waste water into the ground? That sounds just plain stupid.
- cnvogel 12y agoOh, but that's the whole idea of fracking. You inject (not necessarily polluted on purpose from the start, but it will be at some point if reused a few times) water under high pressure into the ground to break up sediment, releasing a mineral resource. Often: Natural gas, or some sludge high in oil content. Sometimes also done for certain metals, then it's called "in situ leach". Problem is: At some point you'll have accumulated just too much polluted water than what you could reasonably store as barrels stacked up in your parking lot, or just dump into a nearby lake or river. The amount of waste generated it not really surprising, probably one should have considered this environmental impact before allowing companies to start these operations.