Wed Dec 19, 2012, 08:20 PM

“Oh crap,” he said. “A lot of things could go wrong.”

Shale drillers eager to move wastewater on barges

Benjamin Stout, a biology professor at Wheeling Jesuit University about 60 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, is one expert who didn’t know about the Coast Guard’s review.

“Oh crap,” he said. “A lot of things could go wrong.”

For example, wastewater contains bromides. Bromides transform into carcinogens when they are pumped through water treatment facilities, Stout said.

If there was a barge accident, the treatment facilities would have to shut their intake valves of river water, he said. Cities such as Pittsburgh and Wheeling use water from the Ohio River for drinking.
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“Oh crap,” he said. “A lot of things could go wrong.” (Original post)	limpyhobbler	Dec 2012	OP
Yes, but it's worth all the risk, because the drilling will make rich people richer, and that's	valerief	Dec 2012	#1
They won't use "richer" argument	No Vested Interest	Dec 2012	#4
Millions of tons of hazardous material have been transported on the	doc03	Dec 2012	#2
Yeah there must have always been some toxic stuff on the barges.	limpyhobbler	Dec 2012	#3
Guess none of these chemicals count...	Ikonoklast	Jan 2013	#5

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 08:32 PM

valerief (35,681 posts)

1. Yes, but it's worth all the risk, because the drilling will make rich people richer, and that's

the most important thing in the world.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 09:41 PM

No Vested Interest (525 posts)

4. They won't use "richer" argument

They'll say it will create jobs.
After all, they're the Job Creators!

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 08:32 PM

doc03 (13,842 posts)

2. Millions of tons of hazardous material have been transported on the

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Ohio river for decades before fracking was even heard of. I drink the water myself.

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Wed Dec 19, 2012, 08:48 PM

limpyhobbler (6,681 posts)

3. Yeah there must have always been some toxic stuff on the barges.

Certainly tons and tons of coal. Used to watch the stuff float by.

I'm not sure if maybe this stuff is any worse because of the radioactive ingredients.

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Wed Jan 2, 2013, 05:38 PM

Ikonoklast (21,639 posts)

5. Guess none of these chemicals count...

http://outreach.lrh.usace.army.mil/Industries/Chemical/default.htm

Ohio River Basin Barge Traffic

Top Chemicals – 2008

(values in millions of $)

Chemical
Tonnage
Value

OTHER HYDROCARBONS
2,760,511
$428

NITROGENOUS FERT
1,553,746
$149

ALCOHOLS
1,372,681
$633

SODIUM HYDROXIDE
773,399
$63

POTASSIC FERT
600,487
$98

NITROGEN FUNC COMP.
334,366
$1,461

ORGANIC COMP NEC
326,099
$383

INORG ELEM OXIDES & HALOGEN SALTS
298,689
$117

FERT & MIXES NEC
286,058
$512

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
283,194
$226

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterborne Commerce Statistics

Agendas....

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