I took a bike ride yesterday, October 2nd, to check on the North Fork. Tropical storm Nicole arrived on Wednesday evening. She brought a 24 hour rain and, in some places, a bit of flooding. Fresh mud along edges above the banks of the North Fork showed that she got pretty high, but receded soon after.
The river as it looked on September 8th. Since Broadway people get their drinking water from the North Fork, this was a frightening sight. 88 people in the Bergton/Criders area (up the river from us) have signed leases allowing hydrofracking on their property. It takes thousands of gallons of water to push oil out of bedrock. One of the questions is whether our water supply is big enough to handle the current need plus the drillers' needs. If that answer is affirmative, then the next question is whether the containment ponds will be sufficient enough to protect the river and, thus, the quality of drinking water, especially during floods.
I took a bike ride yesterday, October 2nd, to check on the North Fork. Tropical storm Nicole arrived on Wednesday evening. She brought a 24 hour rain and, in some places, a bit of flooding. Fresh mud along edges above the banks of the North Fork showed that she got pretty high, but receded soon after.
The river as it looked on September 8th. Since Broadway people get their drinking water from the North Fork, this was a frightening sight. 88 people in the Bergton/Criders area (up the river from us) have signed leases allowing hydrofracking on their property. It takes thousands of gallons of water to push oil out of bedrock. One of the questions is whether our water supply is big enough to handle the current need plus the drillers' needs. If that answer is affirmative, then the next question is whether the containment ponds will be sufficient enough to protect the river and, thus, the quality of drinking water, especially during floods.
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