• binux@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1 hour

    Meta in court (for the 900th time): Your honour, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

  • Prove_your_argument@piefed.socialEnglish
    2 hours

    So I don’t know the specifics here and I don’t doubt there is substantial environmental impact.

    Do want to point out though that whenever my area has construction on water pipes we often have a flush water notice where we need to basically run our taps to flush out dirt and debris that got in during construction. Several pipes in my neighborhood were replaced in the past couple of years and we had to do it every few months. I could see that being the cause here too, if the neighborhoods are anywhere near said water pipe construction.

    I do doubt the EPA will do jack about any of it. They might go out and do some survey and shake down the organization funding the work for a bribe, but there’s no way they’re gonna stop it if they pay up in those closed door conversations.

  • Sandbar_Trekker@lemmy.todayEnglish
    4 hours

    The title is missing a significant keyword here: “construction”

    A more accurate headline:

    Meta data center construction allegedly muddies Georgia town’s drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congresswoman brings dirty jars of water to hearing

    This isn’t exclusive to datacenters, any sort of large construction projects should be under the microscope right now. If there are legal loopholes allowing water supplies to be contaminated, that should be addressed. Meta and any other companies responsible for this should be billed the costs for cleaning up or for funding additional water treatment solutions to make up for this.

  • DaddleDew@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5 hours

    Wait for billionaire Zuck to make a quick phone call to Trump followed by a “donation” and the EPA will say that there is nothing wrong with the water.

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5 hours

    How do they even manage that, is there no filtration at all for the water supply or have they been pumping dirty water back in - which shouldn’t be allowed even if it was clean.

    • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zipEnglish
      5 hours

      Not an expert but I believe some municipalities (and some older homes) rely on well water with pretty minimal treatment. This is usually fine because the water moves through the well system so slowly everything naturally filters, but if you suddenly have a data center or fracking system forcing orders of magnitude more water through the ecosystem than was originally designed, those natural filtration systems start to fail catastrophically.

      • Addv4@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4 hours

        Not only that, but if there are chemicals in that water that can’t be filtered, that’s just in the well water now. As someone who grew up on well water in the country, that’s terrifying, as you aren’t gonna get water pumped in at a price that is viable. Especially when you realize most of rural Georgia is like that (same with a lot of southern states).

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    4 hours

    EPA promises immediate investigation

    You mean the oil exec Cheeto lackey that got put in place as the director of the EPA, that EPA? He will have it investigated and the results will be that meta isn’t doing anything wrong