Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoMeta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town's drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congresswoman brings dirty jars of water to hearingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1556arrow-down14
arrow-up1552arrow-down1external-linkMeta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town's drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congresswoman brings dirty jars of water to hearingwww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·3 months agoHow do they even manage that, is there no filtration at all for the water supply or have they been pumping dirty water back in - which shouldn’t be allowed even if it was clean.
minus-squareSandbar_Trekker@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-23 months agoFrom a quick search, it looks like the construction site is here: Meta Stanton Springs Data Center #2 https://cartes.app/?allez=Meta+Stanton+Springs+Data+Center+%25232|w1282590996|-83.67669|33.59840 It’s very close to a number of streams/creeks that feed into lakes and other water sources nearby. With the amount of vegetation that has been removed, all it takes is a good rainy day to have a lot of that mud running off into the water supply.
How do they even manage that, is there no filtration at all for the water supply or have they been pumping dirty water back in - which shouldn’t be allowed even if it was clean.
From a quick search, it looks like the construction site is here: Meta Stanton Springs Data Center #2 https://cartes.app/?allez=Meta+Stanton+Springs+Data+Center+%25232|w1282590996|-83.67669|33.59840
It’s very close to a number of streams/creeks that feed into lakes and other water sources nearby.
With the amount of vegetation that has been removed, all it takes is a good rainy day to have a lot of that mud running off into the water supply.