Fwd: [OHIO-CONS-COMM] Fracking companies want to release fracking water into the water supply
Is this on anyone's radar?
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From: Cathy Cowan Becker becker.271@GMAIL.COM Date: July 10, 2020 at 7:51:12 AM EDT To: OHIO-CONS-COMM@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Subject: [OHIO-CONS-COMM] Fracking companies want to release fracking water into the water supply Reply-To: Ohio Chapter Conservation Committee OHIO-CONS-COMM@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG
Did we know about this proposal? Apparently the fracking companies want to release water used in fracking into the water supply to be treated in regular water treatment plants. A professor in Pennsylvania says that will not remove the radioactive elements from fracking water. The EPA is expected to loosen standards on this sometime this year.
https://cen.acs.org/environment/water/Wastewater-fracking-Growing-disposal-c...
They literally want to pour water full of radioactive elements into the natural water supply in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio.
Cathy
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I of course do not advocate putting fracking water into drinking water systems. I am opposed to it.
But we need to be careful about using terms like “full of radioactive elements” until we know and can credibly quantify what those amounts are. It goes to our credibility as advocates for good public policies.
Frank Young
From: Karen Yarnell [mailto:bioverdant@icloud.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 1:03 PM To: ec@osenergy.org Subject: [EC] Fwd: [OHIO-CONS-COMM] Fracking companies want to release fracking water into the water supply
Is this on anyone's radar?
Begin forwarded message:
From: Cathy Cowan Becker becker.271@GMAIL.COM Date: July 10, 2020 at 7:51:12 AM EDT To: OHIO-CONS-COMM@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Subject: [OHIO-CONS-COMM] Fracking companies want to release fracking water into the water supply Reply-To: Ohio Chapter Conservation Committee OHIO-CONS-COMM@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG
Did we know about this proposal? Apparently the fracking companies want to release water used in fracking into the water supply to be treated in regular water treatment plants. A professor in Pennsylvania says that will not remove the radioactive elements from fracking water. The EPA is expected to loosen standards on this sometime this year.
https://cen.acs.org/environment/water/Wastewater-fracking-Growing-disposal-c...
They literally want to pour water full of radioactive elements into the natural water supply in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio.
Cathy
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