Factoid/2004/04/06
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Injection Wells for Sewage Are A Bad Idea In Florida
- "Our preliminary estimates show that approximately 300 deep injection wells and 900 shallow injection wells (60 feet deep) along Florida's coastlines are used to inject partially treated sewage. The total injectate volume for those wells is approximately one billion gallons per day. Recent findings by the scientific community support our concerns that contaminated fluids injected into the aquifer are entering Florida's near shore coastal waters and surface waters..." -- excerpt from the Surfrider Foundation Palm Beach County Chapter web page at http://www.surfriderpbc.org/asr.html
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