Less than two days after pile driving began to construct industrial turbines near Jessica and Paul Brooks’ home in Chatham Township, their once crystal-clear water well has become clogged with sediments.
Less than two days after pile driving began to construct industrial turbines near Jessica and Paul Brooks’ home in Chatham Township, their once crystal-clear water well has become clogged with sediments.
From the link:
“I don’t think our community, in its history, will see the level and the intensity of civil disobedience that’s going to unfold in the next few weeks,” Jakubec said.”
About frigging time.
Not showing up to riot is a failed conservative policy.(Thanks Kate)
Not to worry … this family should just be ‘relocated’ to a more hospitable environment. Everyone knows that if their neighborhood is suitable for giant windmills, then it is unihahibtable for humans. Fer crying out loud, your house could blow down. And not to worry about the cost … it will just be added to the government subsidy of wind power. After all … we will pay ANY price for CHEAP clean green energy.
I wonder if they voted for Bob Rae, and still hate Mike Harris?
google ‘denmark wind farm problems’. shocking the fcukups going on in that world capital of green energy. no pun intended.
What do you want, expensive electricity or clean water? Because you can’t have them both.
Isn’t the sediment in the water the same argument the left has against against fracing?
even while everyone knows water and oil come from vastly different depths?
Isn’t this the complaint against fracing oil? that it ruins water wells thousands of feet above the fracing?
Living in oil country, I’ve been spoiled by the lengths to which the energy industry goes to ensure that they have as little future unforeseen costs to deal with that they spend many dollars testing wells that may or may not be impacted by the industry activities. I’ve had my water well (drilled by my neighbor, a licensed waterwell driller, now retired), drilled in 1975, tested no less than 5 times for flow, turbidity, dissolved solids etc. paid for by the energy industry, in the last 20 years. The only thing they are not allowed to tell me is if it is fit to drink, (that requires a sample sent to a government lab for analysis). This testing has been done for seismic drilling on an adjacent 1/4 section, seismic drilling terminating on my 1/4 section, oil well drilling within 800 meters of my waterwell, etc., if Alberta has the standard to which every jurisdiction aspires to, why do the other’s not adopt the same standards? I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending that they do so forthwith, it would make the process as transparent as the water should be.
I’ve been drinking the water from my well, treated and untreated, since it was drilled and don’t experience any ill effects other than an unusually high intolerance for BS and taxes. As an aside, I have received the package for a reclamation certificate applied for, for a well being abandoned on my 1/4 section and it includes all tests and information about the well, from the surveyors Google Earth pics pre disturbance, tower books from the drilling rig, to info about my, as well as my neighbor’s waterwells.
The problem with filters plugging off every few hours means the well casing screens will eventually plug off as well meaning no water at all. A new well drilled and then trenched into the house will be $20k and up depending on the well depth and diameter. However, that doesn’t address the potential adverse change in water quality.
Relocation may be their only option cause we ain’t gonna stop saving the planet just cause they are a little inconvenienced.