There has been quite a bit of political outcry in places like Tucson (AZ), Orange County (CA), Coachella Valley (CA) and other places that take their treated water and pump it underground for storage and then bring it back. , filter it and use it for fresh water. Some of the challenges with this are that the water supposedly doesn’t taste as good. However, if it is removed, re-filtered, and mixed with fresh water, it tends to be fine; It’s amazing what can be done with proper filtration. Okay, so let’s talk about this for a moment. Specifically, I would also like to discuss the advantages of underground water storage in the event of a terrorist attack on our water supplies.
You see, if the water is pumped underground and then reused, even if the water supply is attacked, places that have groundwater won’t be affected, and therefore people won’t have to worry. Also, those areas that take fresh water and pump it underground into underground aquifers, and then pump it out for fresh water also have an advantage. It will be those people using surface water supplies in rivers and lakes who experience problems first if there is a terrorist attack, while those people who pump the water underground and then extract it will be pre-warned and therefore therefore, it will probably be saved.
Thus, it may be that large populations living near rivers, or drawing water from lakes, or above ground tanks directly from the river supply experience severe loss and disease first, and as they become sick and die, therefore it would be a warning to those with underground water storage to be vigilant, although the underwater storage people will at least have their water supplies safe for a much longer period. The water industry doesn’t like to talk about things like this because we don’t want to give ideas to terrorists. However, you can bet they already have these ideas, especially the terrorists in the Middle East, because they are very conscious about things like fresh water supply, because in their country they don’t have much of it.
Fortunately, we have a large amount of water in the United States in comparative terms, and it takes quite a few waterborne poisons to kill large swaths of any population. This is because the proportions of everything you put in the water and the amount of water are unbalanced in favor of clean water. Therefore, terrorists would not do well to use this strategy, but if they could, those living with underground water storage have the advantage. In fact, I hope you will please consider all this and think about it.