[Green] Come Hell or High Water

[gbanz42 at suddenlink.net]

Thanks, Joe.  Very helpful.

I did not see any limit on the amount of fracking waste that they are off-loading to this facility..


---- Joe Baker via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote: 
> Hi George,
> I asked Eric Richendollar to search for articles from the Marietta Times
> regarding the Deep Rock facility on Rt 7 and he responded with this article
> from 2016:
> http://shaleplayohiovalley.com/page/content.detail/id/511464/Brine-water-flowing-to-injection-wells.html?nav=5004
> 
> The article provides a bit of history regarding the facility. The
> information is similar to my recollection from community discussion that
> occurred at the time. It mentions Water Energy Services as the operator or
> owner of the facility, I'm not sure which. WES may have morphed into Deep
> Rock Solutions through acquisition, renaming, or the formation of a new
> company. It also refers to the following:"The company's two facilities work
> in tandem 24 hours a day to accept up to *40,000 barrels of brine per day,
> filter that water in a closed system* and pump it up the hill to be
> injected at a rate of up to 15,000 barrels per day." I don't know if that
> limit has changed, but if I remember correctly, the current Deep Rock
> proposal indicates that one benefit of their proposed barge offload
> facility would be reduced road traffic in the form of brine trucks
> traveling through town. I'm wondering if there is a limit to the volume of
> waste water in their current proposal and if that limit could be an
> addition to the 40,000 barrel limit at the current offload site. I'm also
> wondering if companies that have their waste water trucked in would be
> willing to convert to shipping it by barge or simply continue to truck it.
> 
> Also, the article points out that, "This facility is the largest in terms
> of real estate in the U.S", a rather astounding fact, if accurate.
> 
> Thanks for all of your work and research,
> Joe
> 
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 1:30 PM gbanz42--- via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
> 
> > Green Colleagues:
> >
> >    I came away from the viewing of the film, "Come Hell or High Water"
> > with two impressions:
> >
> >      1. Black lives don't matter to the government of the state of
> > Mississippi and that of Gulfport, MS.
> >
> >       2. I couldn't help but view this issue of Turkey Creek through the
> > lens of the proposal to re-purpose the facility for offloading fracking
> > waste near Marietta. The barge off-load facility will likely result in much
> > less damage to our community than the development projects will to the
> > Turkey Creek community. Another difference is that people in our community
> > are not aware of the risks posed by this proposed facility--largely due to
> > the secrecy of key elements of the project on the part of Deep Rock
> > Disposal.  For example, do people on Harmar Hill know that there is a huge
> > injection well in their neighborhood?  Other people who do know about this
> > facility .probably view this risk as an acceptable result of good jobs,
> > economic development,  and cheap energy in the region.
> >
> >     I'd be interested in the response of other GS members to this film. I
> > am not sure if I will join the discussion about the film sponsored by
> > Interfaith Power & Light since my issue #2 is not shared by people outside
> > our region. .
> >
> >
> > --
> > George Banziger
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> > Marietta, OH 45750-1111
> > 740-434-5685
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