Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoMeta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town's drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congresswoman brings dirty jars of water to hearingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1561arrow-down13
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minus-squareSandbar_Trekker@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-219 hours agoFrom a quick search, it looks like the construction site is here: Meta Stanton Springs Data Center #2 https://cartes.app/?allez=Meta+Stanton+Springs+Data+Center+%25232|w1282590996|-83.67669|33.59840 It’s very close to a number of streams/creeks that feed into lakes and other water sources nearby. With the amount of vegetation that has been removed, all it takes is a good rainy day to have a lot of that mud running off into the water supply.
From a quick search, it looks like the construction site is here: Meta Stanton Springs Data Center #2 https://cartes.app/?allez=Meta+Stanton+Springs+Data+Center+%25232|w1282590996|-83.67669|33.59840
It’s very close to a number of streams/creeks that feed into lakes and other water sources nearby.
With the amount of vegetation that has been removed, all it takes is a good rainy day to have a lot of that mud running off into the water supply.