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Okay, here's my hydrogeology lesson for the day: Presently the EPA and many state govts. are regulating the amounts of certain chemicals that can be present in groundwater and surface, and are taxing/fining companies accordingly. The catch is, companies who dump into surface water are allowed higher contamination amounts than those allowed in groundwater. WKPP is attempting to prove that groundwater and surface water in the Woodville Karst Plain are intricately linked (As we all know it is, or else caves wouldn't black out during rising water levels!). This information could be used to go after companies dumping waste into the surface water which is below the threshold levels for surface water, but significantly above that for groundwater, based on the knowledge that the contaminants are finding their way into the groundwater through the cave and cavern systems. This is great for me, as I work summers at an environmental engineering firm. But it's also good for the environment, as it would cause either a lowering of the amounts of chemicals dumped or an increase in the amount of money available to preform clean-ups. Dyes don't work...that's been proven ineffective by lots of research and experience now. It becomes difficult to detect dyes when you get less than a 50% concentration, and even that's in favoring water. In the tannic areas, you'd be lucky to see 95% concentrations. Realize that you're usually dealing with some distance between the infusion of the dye and the tesing site, and also realize HOW MUCH water is flowing between those points, and you'll see the problem. And, before anybody says it, radioactive dyes are still bad for these reasons, plus, how would you like it if we started putting radioactive chemicals into systems that people got their water from? Me, neither! :-) So that's the brief summary. If you need clarification, resource readings, etc..., let me know. I'll furnish them gladly. The rest of your questions I'll leave for someone a little closer to the organization to answer. --Andrew At 04:43 AM 4/25/96 -0400, you wrote: > >Not to stir up a hornets nest of sentiment, but why is WKPP's project >important? I am asking out of ignorance. I've heard mention of ground >water studies, but couldn't this be done safer and more efficiently with >dye's, etc? And are the WKPP the only ones allowed to dive at >Wakulla, and if so, why? > >As for Wakulla2, what are their plans and why are they different from >WKPP's? And is this Stone the same guy that makes videos for >PBS about diving deep wrecks on single 80's? > >Enquirung minds want to know... > >NEWD > > > ---------- >From: "Mike Wallace" <mwallace > >This sucks! I was learning a lot from the folks that I believe are >the experts. But the work ya'll are doing is important and ya can't >let the dickheads screw it up for you.... >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > "When I use a word, it means exactly what I intend it to mean and nothing else!" -Tweedledee
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