To make way for development natural land is stripped of its topsoil, then paved over with parking lots, roads, and driveways. This makes the ground impervious to surface water which normally makes its way through layers of earth, sand, and gravel where it is naturally filtered and naturally makes its way to be stored in natural aquifers. This surface water is commonly known to be non-potable, highly contaminated with various pollutants, both organic and inorganic.
The Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) solution mentioned in OCN June 3, 2023, page 18 proposes to collect this excess surface water (i.e., runoff created by excessive development) and inject it directly into the heretofore pristine aquifer through an existing well(s).
I ask you: What could possibly go wrong?
(My apologies for the excessive use of the words natural and naturally.)
Brian Clifford
Other Letters to Our Community
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- Letters to Our Community – Lodging tax issue rebuttal (12/5/2024)
- Letters to Our Community – Tax, spend, and tax some more (11/2/2024)
- Letters to Our Community – Vote no on Prop. 127 (11/2/2024)
- Letters to Our Community – Back to school (9/7/2024)
- Letters to Our Community – Freedom of speech (8/3/2024)
- Letters to Our Community – Remembering and honoring those who fought for our freedoms (7/6/2024)
- Letters to Our Community – LPHS After Prom thanks (5/4/2024)
- Letters to Our Community – Protect Fox Run Park from development (4/6/2024)
- Letters to Our Community – Environmental disaster looming at Colorado Pumpkin Patch? (4/6/2024)