The young man is correct in that the radioactive exposure is the amount of radioactive levels over time. He is concerned about the idea of 'low level' radioactive water in the Florida aquifer.
September 16, 2016
A massive sinkhole underneath a gypsum stack (click here) at a Central Florida phosphate fertilizer plant has dumped 215 million gallons of acidic water into the Floridan aquifer.
WFLA reports the sinkhole opened up about three weeks ago. Workers at the Mosaic New Wales plant in Polk County were monitoring water levels when they noticed a decline for one of the two cells in the plant's active stack on Aug. 27, the company says in a statement. A gypsum stack is a pile of phosphogypsum, a byproduct from the production of phosphate fertilizers. WFLA has reported the contaminated water is "slightly radioactive," while The Ledger says the water is "acidic."...
What aquifer is this?
The Floridian Aquifer.
Oh.
Polk County, Fla. (WFLA) — A massive sinkhole (click here) on top of a Mosaic gypsum stack near Mulberry allowed millions of gallons of contaminated water to flow into the Floridan Aquifer.
Eagle 8 flew over the huge chasm in the earth and spotted a cascading waterfall in the middle of what looks like a moonscape. The is happening in the New Wales plant off Highway 640, south of Mulberry.
The sinkhole opened up almost three weeks ago. Since then, about 215 million gallons of contaminated water have drained into the aquifer. The sinkhole is about 40 feet across. It’s depth is unknown.
It sits right in the middle of a massive gypsum stack. Gypsum comes out of the plant after the company produces phosphate fertilizers and animal feed ingredients.
On Aug. 27 workers monitoring water levels discovered a drop. “When it was first noticed, we installed pumping systems to move water out of that compartment on the gypsum stack, to recover the water,” said David Jellerson, Mosaic’s director of environment and phosphate projects...
To recover the water.
Really?
There will be no recovering the water if it is now mixed with the Floridian Aquifer. There needs to be a dense investigation to the location of the RADIOACTIVE PLUME.
Where is the federal EPA? Please tell me they have been notified by Governor Scott.
This involves multiple states and testing needs to be conducted starting at the sinkhole moving outward in concentric circles to FIND THE RADIOACTIVE WATER and the extent of the contamination!
There will be no recovering the water if it is now mixed with the Floridian Aquifer. There needs to be a dense investigation to the location of the RADIOACTIVE PLUME.
This involves multiple states and testing needs to be conducted starting at the sinkhole moving outward in concentric circles to FIND THE RADIOACTIVE WATER and the extent of the contamination!
The Florida Governor is nowhere to be found.
The picture above demonstrates efforts used to clear hydrocarbons from an aquifer. A similar monitoring and removal will have to occur. But, it is not simply a matter of pumping water back out the sink hole. If it turns out to be that simple than Governor Scott is a lucky man. But, this is weeks already and the discovery resulted because the leak into the Floridian Aquifer was well underway.
The picture above demonstrates efforts used to clear hydrocarbons from an aquifer. A similar monitoring and removal will have to occur. But, it is not simply a matter of pumping water back out the sink hole. If it turns out to be that simple than Governor Scott is a lucky man. But, this is weeks already and the discovery resulted because the leak into the Floridian Aquifer was well underway.
(Washington, DC – October 1, 2015) EPA (click here) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC that will ensure the proper treatment, storage, and disposal of an estimated 60 billion pounds of hazardous waste at six Mosaic facilities in Florida and two in Louisiana. The settlement resolves a series of alleged violations by Mosaic, one of the world’s largest fertilizer manufacturers, of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which provides universal guidelines for how hazardous waste must be stored, handled and disposed. The 60 billion pounds of hazardous waste addressed in this case is the largest amount ever covered by a federal or state RCRA settlement and will ensure that wastewater at Mosaic’s facilities is properly managed and does not pose a threat to groundwater resources....
