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newworldman1070 t1_izf4iia wrote

Reply to comment by IamSauerKraut in Delaware River Basin Commission Votes to Ban Fracking Wastewater Discharges by IamSauerKraut

800 million gallons of water a day is diverted from the Delaware river and sent to NYC to feed their aqueducts and reservoirs.

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discogeek t1_izf7lhd wrote

We should send them some of the snow we get. I know no one around here will complain if they come pick up all of it.

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newworldman1070 t1_izf84xs wrote

Like I understand that people have to have water, and in many settings, you have a city that pulls water out of a drainage, and then is adding treated wastewater back into the system a bit further down.

In the case of NY, all their water is pulled from high up in the Delaware river basin and is discharged into the Atlantic, never returning any treated wastewater back to the Delaware. This as a result, since the lower Delaware is tidal, is pushing the salt line further and further up river every year.

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