Is YOUR Water Supply Threatened?

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Do You Live In California, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Florida, Louisianna or North Dakota? Or any other place where this is happening? I posted another short article about the drought situation in California and shared a link, but I had typed the link incorrectly, so I wanted to update that information because I think it’s really important, especially for those who live in California. But, no matter where you live, the crisis concerning the aquifers, affects you. In Oklahoma and North Dakota, “fracking” for oil is creating another type of water crisis and also increasing the number of earthquakes in the area. One report from the Washington Post said: “In early 2015, THREE MILLION GALLONS of “fracking" wastewater gushed from a leaking pipeline in western North Dakota. State officials have described it as the worst spill since the beginning of the state’s “fracking” boom. The wastewater is TEN TIMES SALTIER than the ocean and contains ammonium and radioactive elements. The wastewater contaminated two creeks and eventually reached the Missouri River.” The average American citizen is not aware of any of these situations. I have personally asked several people in various areas, if they know what “fracking” is or if they are aware of what is happening to the underground aquifers and no one yet has had any idea of what I’m talking about. For such a serious matter, you would think that people would be more informed but I think that the news media, for the most part, is keeping things quiet and that’s NOT a good thing. When the drinking water of millions of people disappears, it will be too late to do anything about it. You can do your own research on "fracking" also. Just google "fracking." One source I found said that there are 680,000 underground waste and injection wells and that over the past several decades U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of TOXIC wastewater deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation's geology as an invisible dumping ground. It went on to say that this process has sent dangerous chemicals and waste gurgling to the surface and is also seeping into the shallow aquifers that store a significant portion of the nation's drinking water. Let me know what you think about all of this. Picture by Pixabay