Arsenic a Continuing Concern

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Arsenic a Continuing Concern
Topic Started: Sep 25 2013, 12:43 PM (162 Views)
Tipacanoe	Sep 25 2013, 12:43 PM Post #1
Blue Star Member Posts: 1,255 Group: Member Member #758 Joined: May 9, 2010	http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/the-arsenic-in-our-drinking-water/?src=recg The baby with the runny nose, the infant with a stubborn cough — respiratory infections in small children are a familiar family travail. Now scientists suspect that these ailments — and many others far more severe — may be linked in part to a toxic element common in drinking water.



Darcie	Sep 25 2013, 12:50 PM Post #2
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	This is very interesting, I am going to do more research on this.



Delphi51	Sep 25 2013, 03:40 PM Post #3
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Interesting indeed. Around here, most farmers used dugout water until recently. Many are now bringing tanks of water from town. I wonder if anyone has tested the town water for arsenic.



Trotsky	Sep 26 2013, 12:39 AM Post #4
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: Around here, most farmers used dugout water until recently. Is that a synonym for "well water?"



Delphi51	Sep 26 2013, 04:10 AM Post #5
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	Quite different. Dugouts are ponds made with earth moving machines. They collect surface water; usually water that percolates through topsoil. The water probably collects minerals from the soil and contaminates such as spent pesticide from the surface. It is never as mineralized as many water wells which access deep water in rock or gravel formations. One problem is that a small water treatment system is never as good as a large one operated by experts. Edited by Delphi51, Sep 26 2013, 04:12 AM.



Kahu	Sep 26 2013, 02:47 PM Post #6
Posts: 31,109 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	Delphi51 Sep 26 2013, 04:10 AM They collect surface water; usually water that percolates through topsoil. Interesting ... localised droughts in the summer months here, have some agitating for more 'water banking'. Basically this means damming off suitable valleys to store the excess rainfall runoff for use in irrigation during dry spells. I don't think we have the soil types to gain much through the percolation of ground water from the surrounding areas. As Canterbury dairy farmers scramble to get repairs made to 800 twisted and torn irrigators they at least have power back on to milk cows. By last night most farmers had been issued with generators or had power restored after outages from Tuesday's big wind storm, now being described as the worst in 40 years. Fierce winds swept through the province, damaging crop, buildings, toppling silos and mangling centre pivots with their valuable swing arms bearing the full brunt of their force. Source Link



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