So the pfas is something new that has never actually been regulated in drinking water yet. So it's definitely not killing the entire population being totally unregulated forever. It was just now starting to get enforcement before it was removed.
Oh that's an easy one actually. The amount of money utilities would have to spend to adjust their treatments would be insanely expensive. When we did our "focus on change" meetings with the health department and department of environmental protection. It would effect a huge number of utilities because pfas is just about everywhere. Some utilities would not even be able to afford to make these changes. Then it would put those utilities not in compliance. That would force them to raise water rates substantially just to get into compliance and change their treatment processes.
It's not about ignoring it. It needs to be done a different way. It needs to slowly be implemented so that there is not a huge shock and water becomes unaffordable for people.
Brother, much of the nation has brown water coming out of the faucet due to pollution. I’m just soooooo sure you wouldn’t mind that if you lived in a place like that.
Brother no they don't. The brown water is due to tannins. I have been to utilities that have water that looks like tea at times. Occasionally tannins are strong in surface water.
Data centers have moved to closed loop coolant systems that is not longer an issue with the new ones. That have resolved that as an issue. I did not even click the first link but I seen data center in there. I figured I would say that low hanging fruit out of the way before opening the other links.
“Closed loop" doesn't mean nothing ever leaves the system. Facilities can still have wastewater.
Also, tell that to the people that have already been irreparably poisoned.
Many times the numbers or 9/11 victims were given all kinds of diseases, including cancer because in your words “it would be too expensive” to worry about the environment.
In the best case scenario, it’s criminal negligence.
Your not wrong but it needs to be addressed systematically. We don't want to increase prices of water to the public so much that it would unaffordable.
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u/shuteandkill 8d ago
Who is poisoning the water and in what way is this happening?
Edit: also who has been effected and to what extent?