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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Sun Dec 16, 2012, 05:39 PM Dec 2012

Shale drillers want to move wastewater on barges

The Coast Guard's decision would affect more than Pittsburgh's iconic three rivers. Nearly 12,000 miles of waterways could be open to these waterborne behemoths, each carrying 10,000 barrels of wastewater.

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Shale drillers want to move wastewater on barges (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Dec 2012 OP

Uh no. The shale drillers should be ORDERED to drink it Panasonic Dec 2012 #1

That is a very big NO!! Angry Dragon Dec 2012 #2

Move it to WHERE? It can't go back into the cycle Champion Jack Dec 2012 #3

around here they use old wells and inject the waste water back into the salt NMDemDist2 Dec 2012 #4

They should be mandated to treat/decontaminate that toxic shit before dumping it. nc4bo Dec 2012 #5

Panasonic

(2,921 posts)

1. Uh no. The shale drillers should be ORDERED to drink it

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 05:40 PM

Dec 2012

or end their hydrofracks and try doing something better - like alternative energy research.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

2. That is a very big NO!!

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Sun Dec 16, 2012, 05:43 PM

Dec 2012

Champion Jack

(5,378 posts)

3. Move it to WHERE? It can't go back into the cycle

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 05:48 PM

Dec 2012

7 million gallons per frack and each well may be fracked up to 15 times and the water is poisoned.

NMDemDist2

(49,313 posts)

4. around here they use old wells and inject the waste water back into the salt

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 05:53 PM

Dec 2012

but that causes it's own problems

http://www.propublica.org/article/injection-wells-the-poison-beneath-us

nc4bo

(17,651 posts)

5. They should be mandated to treat/decontaminate that toxic shit before dumping it.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 06:10 PM

Dec 2012

No corporation, business, company should be dumping anything into our waterways without first rendering it nontoxic and safe enough for the continuation of a healthy and happy food chain.

WTbloodyH is wrong with everyone even considering this.

WTbloodyH is wrong with everyone that has allowed these companies to frack without serious regulations and full disclosure of chemicals used anyway?

Just is wrong with humanbeings period.

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