Morrow County, Oregon, has recorded nitrate readings as high as 73 parts per million (ppm) in household wells—more than ten times the state's legal ceiling of
Cool, agreed. They don’t pay nearly their fair share.
Yet here they’re being blamed for something that seems isn’t their fault. They’re not actively working to fix the issue, but considering they’re a tiny fraction (looks like only ~0.1% impact in the overall area according to some articles) of the cause, the articles attacking them seen a bit ridiculous. Amazon needs to pay for the things they do. Blaming them for shit that isn’t their fault just means losing credibility.
The Amazon datacenter is concentrating the nitrates more in the water that they use, yes, that is the nature of how the water usage works and evaporates. But the nitrate concentration was already above Oregon state limits in 1992, and some wells in 2015 had ~20% higher readings than the water coming out of the datacenter now a decade after that. That certainly doesn’t seem to correspond to the datacenter being the major contributor. And the original article says as much, saying it’s primarily from agriculture and drought.
Cool, agreed. They don’t pay nearly their fair share.
Yet here they’re being blamed for something that seems isn’t their fault. They’re not actively working to fix the issue, but considering they’re a tiny fraction (looks like only ~0.1% impact in the overall area according to some articles) of the cause, the articles attacking them seen a bit ridiculous. Amazon needs to pay for the things they do. Blaming them for shit that isn’t their fault just means losing credibility.
The Amazon datacenter is concentrating the nitrates more in the water that they use, yes, that is the nature of how the water usage works and evaporates. But the nitrate concentration was already above Oregon state limits in 1992, and some wells in 2015 had ~20% higher readings than the water coming out of the datacenter now a decade after that. That certainly doesn’t seem to correspond to the datacenter being the major contributor. And the original article says as much, saying it’s primarily from agriculture and drought.