[Green] Come Hell or High Water

[gbanz42 at suddenlink.net]

Thanks, Joe. That will be a good question for the virtual public meeting.


---- Joe Baker via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote: 
> George, I interpreted the two facilities ability "to accept up to 40,000
> barrels of brine per day" as a limit. I'm not certain whether that is a
> limit based on the facilities capacity or a limit determined by the State
> of Ohio??
> 
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 3:40 PM Joe Baker <jbaker0509 at gmail.com> 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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> >>
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740-434-5685
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