Did you miss the point where these wells went dry? How do you do laundry 'back home' when 'back home' has no water?
Tommy the Commie Mulcair blasts fracking plans in New Brunswick
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Did you miss the point where these wells went dry? How do you do laundry 'back home' when 'back home' has no water?
Who ran out of water?
Alberta has an awesome infrastructure plan to have fresh water piped to every community eventually so water has allways been an issue on the praries,from ten inch lines to towns and 2 inch lines to farmers,eventually everyone will have fresh water,Oil and gas has nothing to do with that,prarie folks have been watering up at small town water tanks for decades.
Why is it when ever anything to do with oil and gas is discussed some look at better solutions and being progressive and some just jump on the hate oil bandwagon and seem stuck in the past?
**** happens,shi* will allways happen,lets move on and get better at what we are best at,resource extraction and of course,the environment is allways #1.
Oh, come on, you're not that thick.
I was referring to Penobsquis, NB, and the PCS Mine. Scroll back and read what I posted.
The thread is about NB, you know.
(Sussex, NB) On Monday, March 14th, 26 residents of Penobsquis begin a two-week battle to prove Potash Corporation stole their water and ruined their lives. Shortly after water began flooding the potash mine and PotashCorp and Corridor Resources completed rounds of seismic testing, about 60 homes in the area lost their drinking water supply.
The water was being pumped out of the mine long before Corridor Resources started seismic testing.
The water was being pumped out, and they wanted to find a site for an injection well, to pump it back into the ground, instead of having to truck it to the bay. When some of the wells were drilled, they discovered natural gas, and then signed an agreement with Corridor to explore for gas.
People have distorted the whole thing to blame seizmic testing and fracking for the lost wells, but the reality is different.
In 2004, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS) undertook
a round of seismic testing that included an area over top of their mining
operation in Penobsquis. The mine workings roughly follow Route 114, the old Trans Canada Highway, in Penobsquis. This area was part of the seismic testing which included the detonation of dynamite charges. There were reports of homes shaking from the blasts, and homeowners finding muddy water the next time they turned on their taps.
Residents quickly linked their lost wells and springs, and the increase in water inflow that the mine was having at the time. Officials in the Provincial Department of Environment and Local Government also believed the mine was responsible for the dry wells and springs.[1]
After this connection was made it seemed to also make sense to residents that wells and springs that went dry in the late 90’s, when the water inflow problem at the mine was just beginning, were likely related to the
same circumstances. PCS had started trucking water away in the late 90’s
The water was being pumped out, and they wanted to find a site for an injection well, to pump it back into the ground, instead of having to truck it to the bay. When some of the wells were drilled, they discovered natural gas, and then signed an agreement with Corridor to explore for gas.
People have distorted the whole thing to blame seizmic testing and fracking for the lost wells, but the reality is different.
In 2004, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS) undertook
a round of seismic testing that included an area over top of their mining
operation in Penobsquis. The mine workings roughly follow Route 114, the old Trans Canada Highway, in Penobsquis. This area was part of the seismic testing which included the detonation of dynamite charges. There were reports of homes shaking from the blasts, and homeowners finding muddy water the next time they turned on their taps.
Residents quickly linked their lost wells and springs, and the increase in water inflow that the mine was having at the time. Officials in the Provincial Department of Environment and Local Government also believed the mine was responsible for the dry wells and springs.[1]
After this connection was made it seemed to also make sense to residents that wells and springs that went dry in the late 90’s, when the water inflow problem at the mine was just beginning, were likely related to the
same circumstances. PCS had started trucking water away in the late 90’s
Other than considering Tommy hypocritical, Manning essentially agreed with him. Does that make Manning a comie too? Did Manning join the NDP while I was sleeping?
I've never worked siesmic but I didnt think they used very big charges.My house shakes most times they blast over in B.C. in the strip mines about 60 miles as the crow flys.It is very possible dewatering an underground mine could affect nearby aquifers for sure.I have over 1500 kilometers of shafts and tunnells under my community and we never had water problems but we are on the eastern slope of the rockies so we are a source of lots of spring runoff and snowpack melt.
I can see water flowing through a fault into the mine depleting an aquifer,water does flow downhill.
That would have to be an awfull lot of water though and I dont know if they did but there are tests they can do with dies to see where water is actually going.
I can see water flowing through a fault into the mine depleting an aquifer,water does flow downhill.
That would have to be an awfull lot of water though and I dont know if they did but there are tests they can do with dies to see where water is actually going.
Only while he isn't in office.
Manning in office = Reform Lord that will not support carbon tax/cap and trade
Manning out of office = commie green socialist that supports carbon tax/cap and trade
Hmm... I wonder what has changed since the Reform Lord was in office..
Geeze, I wish we could see your insightful views on that, when it isn't Mulcair getting ripped on. lol...
What the frack is Mulcair talking about? | Full Comment | National Post
Did I say Mulcair is a moron????
Did I say Mulcair is a moron????
Good article there... It seems that Mulcair's expertise in the area is wanting (to say the least).
And once again, the supporters of fracking are those with financial interests involved. Bias is as bias does. Who cares about the consequences, long and short, as long as you have more money in your pocket. Gotta love capitalists.
Don't you get it?
More money always = better world.
Now repeat that 10x and click your heels and we will all be transported to a magical place.
I never realized that the National Post had direct interests in fracking companies.
I guess that it's back to the drawing board on that theory
.... Are you somehow suggesting that 'free healthcare' is in fact, not truly free?
Who owns the NP? The ruling rich support each other and I'm pretty sure they invest in each other. Check the owner's portfolio.
Not sure what that has to do with anything, but who ever believes that is living in la la land.
It's just a blinder to get people to accept high taxation in exchange for low quality services.
I'll bet that they have a secret handshake and everything
In the real world, goods and services cost money