DNR: Enbridge crews harmed Minnesota groundwater even more

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The damage to public groundwater resources in Minnesota from missteps during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline is more severe than previously known, state environmental regulators said.

Enbridge Energy crews ruptured three groundwater aquifers while building the 340-mile (550-kilometer) pipeline across northern Minnesota last year and the company faces sanctions as a result, the state Department of Natural Resources said.

“The DNR continues to work on a comprehensive enforcement resolution, with the goal of addressing restoration, mitigation and additional penalties associated with the three breach locations,” the agency said in a statement Monday after completing its investigation into the aquifer breaches.

The DNR has not specified the penalties being considered.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-minnesota-environment-aquifers-0cb4969318fa900d2c14ded86e99e5af

[Wild blueberry]

1. Pipelines break

Our water is life. Pipelines are big profit for a very few.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

2. Water stocks are the next big thing on Wall Street...

... I received weekly/bi-weekly/monthly investment newsletter from my broker, and, "water stocks", got big mention as the next big thing to get in on NOW. So if the northern Minnesota aquifers are damaged... shaking my head here.

As a teenager, I attended a youth leadership convention at Swan Lake Lodge up by Pengilly, Minnesota, that included 3 days in the Boundary Waters canoe area. Pristine area, water so clear you just scoop a handful up from the lake or stream you are rowing on.

PS: My canoe partner and I were the first ones of the whole convention to make it to Canada! The Hawaii 5-O theme ringing in my ears really got me going!

[usaf-vet]

3. I live on the shores of Lake Superior and everytine a "pipeline" approaches this region......

I think the "oil" pipeline is often an excuse to sneak a straw into Lake Superior to transfer water to the southwest.

Several years ago, I read a document that suggested that the technology exists to use the same pipeline to move water and oil.
We all know oil and water do not mix. So the concept did make sense to me at the time. Push a "slug" of oil, then a "slug" of water, then separate them and clean them at the terminal end for distribution.

I had the site bookmarked, but a catastrophic computer crash lost that link and others.