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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMidwest flooding threatens the water safety in 1 million wells
(CNN)Record flooding in the Midwest is now threatening the safety of more than a million private water wells. The National Ground Water Association estimates that people living in more than 300 counties across 10 states have their groundwater threatened from bacterial and industrial contamination carried by flood waters.
The 10 states include: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
"The most immediate concern is that the flood waters are contaminated with anything they have picked up and moving across the ground," said Chuck Job, NGWA's regulatory affairs manager.
Floods carry health concerns
The high waters can carry bacterial contamination from flooded waste water treatment plants, septic tank systems, or animal waste from farms. Pesticide residues, oil and gasoline can also be mixed into the waters. "Depending on the extent of the severity of the flooding, those flood waters will contain a lot of potentially harmful chemicals as well," said Kevin Masarik of the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Masarik is a groundwater outreach specialist at the school's Center for Watershed Science & Education.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/27/health/flooding-threatens-one-million-wells/index.html?utm_content=2019-03-28T11%3A18%3A28&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social
The 10 states include: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
"The most immediate concern is that the flood waters are contaminated with anything they have picked up and moving across the ground," said Chuck Job, NGWA's regulatory affairs manager.
Floods carry health concerns
The high waters can carry bacterial contamination from flooded waste water treatment plants, septic tank systems, or animal waste from farms. Pesticide residues, oil and gasoline can also be mixed into the waters. "Depending on the extent of the severity of the flooding, those flood waters will contain a lot of potentially harmful chemicals as well," said Kevin Masarik of the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Masarik is a groundwater outreach specialist at the school's Center for Watershed Science & Education.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/27/health/flooding-threatens-one-million-wells/index.html?utm_content=2019-03-28T11%3A18%3A28&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social
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Midwest flooding threatens the water safety in 1 million wells (Original Post)
demmiblue
Mar 2019
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malaise
(268,930 posts)1. You'd never know if you watch Cable TV
It's almost 24/7 of the latest episode of the Vile MAGAcretin
Amishman
(5,555 posts)2. If it happens far from a major media market, it doesn't get the attention
Even the news is ultimately a ratings game
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)3. The report featured in the OP
is from CNN, a cable network. I've seen reports and heard it talked about on MSNBC.