You may want to do more coverage of the Accomac CAFO well story. Citizens are hopping mad. If you look at the zoning changes that were forced down the throats of Accomac residents and this disastrous zoning that Northampton was able to roll back...and now the lack of permits for ALL of these gigantic operations it's quite questionable. Citizens are banding together to take out a full page ad to put neighbors on notice that these wells aren't permitted. You know how this usually works out. The government will say oops...what can we do now...the damage is already done...then the local sole source aquifer will be depleted. Neighbors property values will be compromised. The most recent report of the volume loss from the aquifer (discharging much faster than recharging) even before any of these wells were drilled. Sooner or later I suspect this will make the national news.
If they didn't have building permits tear the damn things down.
ReplyDeleteOMG. Read it again. Well permit not building permit. This is why no one wants to bring new businesses here unless it is fast food/convenience stores.
ReplyDeleteWe have just sent a demand to DEQ Director David Paylor to issue an injunction and or mandamus against any current and future groundwater withdrawal from the Yorktown Aquifer until and unless groundwater withdrawal permits are applied for and granted. Issuing a Press Release now. For a copy of today's letter, email me at "enviroduf@aol.com". This letter was signed by residents in Wachapreage, Harborton, Pungoteague, and Exmore in Northampton County. This is a 3-page letter that lays it all out, including quoting the law and code...all of which have been violated. Our goal is to get these CAFOs to use the Columbia Aquifer...a highly recharged source.
DeleteIf you creeps don't like farmers and farming then move the hell off the Eastern Shore. It's their property, let them farm.
ReplyDeleteNo one tells you how many kids you can have and how many bedrooms you can build on your little shack for your miscreant children.
Name calling. That’s what people who have nothing else of substance resort to. There are laws in place to protect the public’s drinking water. While those laws have been stringently enforced upon the general public, it appears the these large industrial level users have broken the law. It is unacceptable. Legal action by citizens is the right choice. I guess your access and that of your future generations isn’t affected. Mine is.
Delete2:10 Highly educated one aren't you? Try drinking from a dry well.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to our current political bozos we have the same unwanted result right here in Wicomico
ReplyDeleteIf you have a 30' well, and are drinking contaminated water already, you should thank the farmer that draws down enough water that you have to replace your old shallow well. They are the only wells that would be affected by farmer's irrigation systems. And those wells are full of pollutants. 80'-100' foot wells will have no problems from an irrigation system. Those old 30' wells should be condemned anyway, as they are health health hazards.
ReplyDeleteIt’s the deep wells that are being affected. The Yorktown Aquifer is not recharging quickly enough to support the demand...this before these mega users tapped in.
Delete200’ wells have become the norm. The source for drinking water isn’t infinite.
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