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| A lake; Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rawcliffe_Lake.jpg |
It seems that surplus saline water from the Fracking
industry is being injected at high pressure inside the ground in some areas.
This could aggravate fault lines inside the earth encouraging frequent earthquakes.
Some such thing seems to be happening in Oklahoma,
USA and other places. Within the central and eastern United States,
the number of earthquakes have increased dramatically over the past few years. Prior
to 2008 there were an average of 21 earthquakes of magnitude three and larger
in the Central and Eastern United
States. This rate jumped to an average of 99,
M3+ earthquakes per year in 2009–2013, and the rate continues to rise.
If the practice is not stopped immediately this process may
bring the entire state down or the industry will lose heavily in compensations to
businesses and homeowners after a class action law suit for the same.
There is a possible and simple solution to the problem that
could help. Create salt water lakes in low lying areas and direct the water there.
The lakes could be used for other purposes such as fisheries also provided wind
mills are added to oxygenate the water through wind mill driven pumps.
Pipelines or canals would have to be built to carry water from disposal sites
to the lakes. The lake could be shared by different Frackers (oops I almost said F-------, LOL. but that is what they seem to be doing to the area.) Ground water table will not be substantially depleted since seepage from lakes will return water to the ground, gently not violently as now.
The area around the lake can be greened with the same water even if it is saline provided the correct plants and trees are chosen that are tolerant to saline water. See:
The area around the lake can be greened with the same water even if it is saline provided the correct plants and trees are chosen that are tolerant to saline water. See:
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