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Are they pumping the water from the Muskegon River? No? OK... then... uh... what are you talking about?
by Pharylon 8y ago
Are they pumping the water from the Muskegon River? No? OK... then... uh... what are you talking about?
- nrdgrl 8y agoNope, they are pumping from the "White Pine Springs well". The aquifer likely refills at a much slower rate than the flow of the Muskegon River
- Turing_Machine 8y ago> The aquifer likely refills at a much slower rate than the flow of the Muskegon River No, most likely it does not. The watershed and the associated aquifer are where the river water comes from. As to "what that assertion is based on", that would be "knowledge of how the hydrologic cycle works".
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- nrdgrl 8y ago> The watershed and the associated aquifer are where the river water comes from Yes, that's where it comes from, but it doesn't fill up instantly. Depending on the depth and type of aquifer the well is tapping, it could actually take a very long time for the aquifer to refill (or it could refill very quickly).
- Turing_Machine 8y agoDo such "fossil aquifers" exist? Yes. Are they widely used in places like Michigan, where there is plenty of precipitation? No.
- nrdgrl 8y agoRather than making blanket statements, here is the actual aquifer characteristics. https://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/wrd-nestle-attach-5-aquifer-characteristics_544391_7.pdf https://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/wrd-nestle-attach-5-a... which is of course much more nuanced, and interesting than "it rains a lot".
- Turing_Machine 8y agoOkay,fine. Where in that report does it say that the amount of water Nestle is proposing to pump will make a significant impact on the aquifer? Hint: nowhere.
- Turing_Machine 8y agoJust where do you think the local groundwater winds up?