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Utah Desalinization Plant Causes Earthquake

Posted by Hemos on from the ka-WHAM dept.

mknewman writes "A Utah desalinization plant which removes 260 gallons of salty brine from a river which feeds the Colorado river has caused a 3.9 on the Richter Scale earthquake, noticeable by people 60 miles away in Grand Junction. More information at http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/15/earthqu ake.wellpumpin.ap/index.html"

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  1. Reminds me of... by krymsin01 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Reminds me of something I heard about a geothermal generator near Cloverdale, CA. They have at least one earthquake a week because the station pumps water down into the ground to create steam to power their turbines. Take a look at this earthquake map. It's a map of all earthquakes in the California/Nevada area for the past week. Check out the area around Cloverdale. There will ALWAYS be at least one quake per week in that area.

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  2. I knew about the caffeine ban . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    . . . but I didn't realize that Mormons also got all shook up over plain old salt.

  3. A related article.... by hustin · · Score: 5, Interesting


    Wired had an article the other day regarding the environmental impacts of another desalination plant, this one in Arizona.