Downstream Impacts
From: keeptheban.org
Virginia’s Wet Weather Makes Mining a Risky Experiment.
On February 1, 2011, the Virginia Beach Department of Public Utilities released the findings of a uranium mining impact study concluding Virginia Beach’s drinking water is at risk. Pittsylvania County is vulnerable to extreme rainfall events capable of generating substantial flooding. Such events could cause the failure of uranium waste containment structures and result in the contamination of the downstream drinking water supplies for Virginia Beach and other Virginia and North Carolina communities.
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