Re:Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil w...
by NegativeLatency on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @11:39AM
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Seems like the difference between fracking water and fill water could be very little under some circumstances
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Re:Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil w...
by hedora on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @03:26PM
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This water is probably worse than fracking water. In addition to being contaminated with oil, etc, according to the article it's 5-8 times saltier than sea water. These wells are literally salting the earth around them.
Re:Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil w...
by ZeoVII on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @05:27PM
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and also lots of >hazardous compounds such as arsenic, bromide, strontium, mercury, barium, and organic compounds, particularly benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes.
This will likely contaminate the land, rendering it unsuitable for agriculture and, I dare say, potentially transforming it into a barren wasteland incapable of supporting organic life.
Re:Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil w...
by callalex on Thursday June 13, 2024 @11:47AM
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Salt will definitely render the land unusable, but most of those other things are the consumer’s problem, not the producer. I find it highly unlikely that governments in Texas will ever successfully prevent a farmer from growing food on poisoned land, for the same reasons that governments in Texas let these wells become seeping messes in the first place.