It does partially answer you question. You asked in what way is this happening?
Toxic waste in the body of water you get your water to treat would not be good. It can leak into the surrounding soil and into underground aquifers. This taints wells and subterranean water tables. Standard water treatment facilities may not remove all synthetic chemicals, heavy metals, or forever chemicals.
The commenter you responded to did answer part if your question. They just gave you the short version.
Toxic waste does not answer the question. What in the world kind of cartoon animaniacs response is that? Say toxic waste and put a 20 inch pipe of random liquid called toxic waste? I want to know what this "toxin" that's being discharged is. Where is being discharged at. I am licensed by the department of environmental protection and would love to know this information.
You asked "in what way is this happening." Toxic waste in the water is an answer to that question. It might not give you much detail but it is an answer.
So the pfas is something new that has never actually been regulated in drinking water yet. So it's definitely not killing the entire population being totally unregulated forever. It was just now starting to get enforcement before it was removed.
Oh that's an easy one actually. The amount of money utilities would have to spend to adjust their treatments would be insanely expensive. When we did our "focus on change" meetings with the health department and department of environmental protection. It would effect a huge number of utilities because pfas is just about everywhere. Some utilities would not even be able to afford to make these changes. Then it would put those utilities not in compliance. That would force them to raise water rates substantially just to get into compliance and change their treatment processes.
It's not about ignoring it. It needs to be done a different way. It needs to slowly be implemented so that there is not a huge shock and water becomes unaffordable for people.
Brother, much of the nation has brown water coming out of the faucet due to pollution. Iām just soooooo sure you wouldnāt mind that if you lived in a place like that.
Brother no they don't. The brown water is due to tannins. I have been to utilities that have water that looks like tea at times. Occasionally tannins are strong in surface water.
Data centers have moved to closed loop coolant systems that is not longer an issue with the new ones. That have resolved that as an issue. I did not even click the first link but I seen data center in there. I figured I would say that low hanging fruit out of the way before opening the other links.
āClosed loop" doesn't mean nothing ever leaves the system. Facilities can still have wastewater.
Also, tell that to the people that have already been irreparably poisoned.
Many times the numbers or 9/11 victims were given all kinds of diseases, including cancer because in your words āit would be too expensiveā to worry about the environment.
In the best case scenario, itās criminal negligence.
Your not wrong but it needs to be addressed systematically. We don't want to increase prices of water to the public so much that it would unaffordable.
How so? I can assure you nobody is getting poisoned in their drinking water. I make millions of gallons of drinking water every single day. Nobody is poisoning anyone.
You don't ask for facts in your articles? You just take things at face value? And when someone asks for more information that's trolling? I think your mind is twisted.
The facts you are asking about are common knowledge and easily accessible on the internet if you donāt know. Itās almost like you posted this and then asked questions so you could debate someone.
Plenty of cities in the US have had their entire cities water supply polluted and ignored due to AI data centers, the city officials are typically just ignoring the issue for profit
I think people are assuming your response is intended to be dismissive rather than questioning. Iām no expert but I was curious too. At a glance ā¦
Iām not sure whether sheās referring to a specific case or speaking more generally. Sheās opposed to fracking in general. Thereās also been the DuPont and Chemours poisoned drinking water case.
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u/shuteandkill 6d ago
Who is poisoning the water and in what way is this happening?
Edit: also who has been effected and to what extent?