
The animation from the ASR Forum shows the
injected water being treated
before it is pumped down the ASR well. The Legislation proposed in Florida
would make it legal to inject untreated water into the aquifer system.
The untreated water includes agricultural run-off and stormwater, which
contain contaminants such as bacterial and viral pathogens, toxic chemicals,
heavy metals, and high levels of nutrients.
Florida's aquifer system is the major source of drinking water for the state.
Standards for drinking water in the United States don't even regulate many
of the contaminants that would be injected if the new law is passed. This
may be because it is not common practice for people in the United States to
drink agricultural run-off and stormwater.
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