Anyone know where the 400M gallons of diesel/gas polluted water is being pumped to?

[democrat_patriot]

Was stated on MSNBC by Jim Cantrell that the water in the subways was so full of fuel his eyes watered up after 1-2 minutes.

They are pumping out 400 million gallons of it - to where?

Scary.

[RedCloud]

1. Hopefully to the Koch brothers house!

[onehandle]

2. To an enema bag for Donald Trump.

That's how full of shit he is.

[Berlum]

3. Zombie Republicans want to use that water for GMO corn in the drought-stricken Heartland

"There is a way for us 1% Republicans to profit off this miserable tragedy, and you can bet your miserable American keesters we will make MAXIMUM use of the opportunity to profit."

- Zombie Republicans

[hunter]

4. There's specialized equipment for seperating out the oil.

One hopes they are using it.

[rightsideout]

5. These folks would know

They are probably involved in the clean up

[link:http://www.cleanharbors.com/|

[democrat_patriot]

11. Let's hope, and it's not just being pumped into the ocean.

I think they are just worried about speed, not environmental safety...

[Junkdrawer]

6. The same waste treatment facility used by Fukushima....

The oceans take another one for the team.

[SoCalDem]

7. the ocean?

via the streets/sewers first

[aikoaiko]

8. Its called The Meadowlands.

My father grew up in Jersey City in the 1930s and 1940s and talked fondly about riding his bike in the meadowlands through the shallow ponds of blood from the slaughter houses.

I'm kidding about the depository for the murky NYC waters, but telling the truth about the ponds of blood.

[democrat_patriot]

9. Yummy.

Thanks for the visual.

[kestrel91316]

10. Where do you propose they pump it?

Yes, I know it's horribly polluted. But they MUST remove it to save the trains/subways from 100% destruction, and they must do it swiftly.

I'm an environmentalist, but I am also a pragmatist in emergency situations. If they need to pump it into the gutters and storm drains, they can be my guest. I seriously doubt there is ANY alternative. If they sent it into the sewers, it would destroy the treatment plants.

[sofa king]

12. Utah.

Toxic waste tends to collect there, anyway.

[amborin]

13. speaking of the subways, what has happened to the trolls?

There's no mention of the homeless people who live in the subway tunnels. Not sure of the current numbers
but there were always some.

[Waltons_Mtn]

14. The regulations for oil spill cleanup says they must capture the water and decant it if they have

permission to do so. Otherwise they need to skim the oil off the top of the water before they pump it out. They will most likely use submersible pumps that will take the relatively clean water from the bottom out first. Can't tell you where they will pump that water, probably into the sewers so that it can go to wastewater treatment.