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Subject: Re: Well Re-use

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Fred Dungan (industrial polluters vs. homeowners)
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Date Posted: 16:55:19 05/04/08 Sun
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In reply to: Will 's message, "Re: Well Re-use" on 05:39:38 05/03/08 Sat

It is my job to keep track of aquifers that have become polluted and I can tell you that industry is the biggest polluter by far. Even if the do-it-yourselfer didn't give a damn, he couldn't do a fraction of the damage that industry does on a daily basis because he doesn't have access to industrial strength toxic waste. For example, there is a uranium mine on the edge of the Grand Canyon that has been polluting the local water supply since 1919 with radiation that is so egregious
that the government has had to fence off the area and post "Do Not Drink the Water" signs at watering holes. The aquifer beneath my property used to be contaminated by DDT from citrus spraying, but dropped dramatically after the pesticide was banned. The aquifer that lies below Pioneer Town near the Salton Sea is contaminated with arsenic and it certainly wasn't done by some careless homeowner. Speaking of the Salton Sea, it is dying due to sellenium that comes from the pesticides used on crops in the Imperial and Coachella Valley. And some San Bernardino (California) municipal water wells had to be shut down after being polluted by rocket fuel that seeped into the aquifer from an abandoned Rocketdyne Corporation site. Homeowners are responsible people. There is no way they are going to purposefully contaminate the aquifers from which their families get water. Industry, however, has no such compunctions. They don't live there, so they don't care. All industry cares about is profits.

>My shallow well was $3500 two years ago. I received
>quotes and this guy was the cheapest. I am not
>opposed to trying drilling a water well. Though there
>is some science and maybe some art to it as well, many
>folks did it on their own for many years. I would
>certainly be aware and concerned with the impact you
>will make on the aquifer. With water resources
>becoming more and more valuable, society cannot afford
>botched well jobs that pollute the aquifers.
>
>As a side note, look at the "Water for all
>International" website (google it). The developer of
>this well drilling process has done a neat thing and I
>think that this drilling process is one that folks on
>this forum might be interested in.

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><font face=georgia color=green>It is my job to keep >track of aquifers that have become polluted and I can >tell you that industry is the biggest polluter by far. >Even if the do-it-yourselfer didn't give a damn, he >couldn't do a fraction of the damage that industry >does on a daily basis because he doesn't have access >to industrial strength toxic waste. For example, >there is a uranium mine on the edge of the Grand >Canyon that has been polluting the local water supply >since 1919 with radiation that is so egregious >that the government has had to fence off the area and >post "Do Not Drink the Water" signs at watering holes. >The aquifer beneath my property used to be >contaminated by DDT from citrus spraying, but dropped >dramatically after the pesticide was banned. The >aquifer that lies below Pioneer Town near the Salton >Sea is contaminated with arsenic and it certainly >wasn't done by some careless homeowner. Speaking of >the Salton Sea, it is dying due to sellenium that >comes from the pesticides used on crops in the >Imperial and Coachella Valley. And some San >Bernardino (California) municipal water wells had to >be shut down after being polluted by rocket fuel that >seeped into the aquifer from an abandoned Rocketdyne >Corporation site. Homeowners are responsible people. >There is no way they are going to purposefully >contaminate the aquifers from which their families get >water. Industry, however, has no such compunctions. >They don't live there, so they don't care. All >industry cares about is profits.</font> > > > >>My shallow well was $3500 two years ago. I received >>quotes and this guy was the cheapest. I am not >>opposed to trying drilling a water well. Though there >>is some science and maybe some art to it as well, many >>folks did it on their own for many years. I would >>certainly be aware and concerned with the impact you >>will make on the aquifer. With water resources >>becoming more and more valuable, society cannot afford >>botched well jobs that pollute the aquifers. >> >>As a side note, look at the "Water for all >>International" website (google it). The developer of >>this well drilling process has done a neat thing and I >>think that this drilling process is one that folks on >>this forum might be interested in.

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