Fracking scares me silly too - especially since Christchurch depends for its drinking water on water filtered through a hundred miles of shingle - right through the red bits of the North Fracking Permit area (approval pending).
One screw up, and Christchurch will be drinking bottled water, which is a shame, since it used to be fantastic straight out of the tap.
Of course, it's already threatened by dairy farmers taking so much water out of the system that the aquifers under the city are in danger of salination.
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Date: 2011-11-29 10:15 pm (UTC)One screw up, and Christchurch will be drinking bottled water, which is a shame, since it used to be fantastic straight out of the tap.
Of course, it's already threatened by dairy farmers taking so much water out of the system that the aquifers under the city are in danger of salination.
/me shakes his head
It's all really frustrating, and disappointing.