[Polemic]

* Salting of Water Supply
* Acid Rain
* Aquifer Depletion
* Arsenic Contamination
* Elevated Nutrient Contamination
* Energy Production Demand
* Heavy Metals Contamination
* High Demand
* Mercury Contamination
* Microbial Contamination
* Mining Pollution
* Organic and Industrial Toxins
* Radioactive Contamination
* Pesticide Contamination
* Radon Contamination
* Salt Water Intrusion into Aquifers

http://www.watercampws.uiuc.edu/index.php?menu_item_id=155

[basil_hayden]

It's not quite as bad as it looks

some of that stuff stays on top of the water table and can be avoided with a properly cased deep well.

some of the stuff sinks and can't be remediated

the areas of impact are not continuous as depicted, so there's plenty of room for both contamination and water supply with proper planning

one thing done these days that I think is a big joke is the placement of "institutional controls" such as Environmental Land Use Restrictions (ELURs) on impacted property, as though trespassers or future zombies will go to the town hall and get a site map to show them where they could be exposed to contaminants, LOL