Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Overusing Water in the Oilsands

This article is about the water coming from the nearby Delta lakes and the Athabasca river that help treat and refine the oil coming from the Alberta oilsands. This constant use is making the Athabasca river lose 2-4.5 barrels of water to make 1 gallon of oil. According to one expert, time to fix this damage, is running out. Although this article was written in 2007, the deadline date they give in this article is all the more terrifyingly close in 2010. Click on the link below to read more.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/05/10/water-oilsands.html

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