What Slickwater Fracking WILL Do...
Fracking
WILL permanently divert hundreds of millions of gallons of freshwater from our well, river, stream and lake
aquifers and watersheds.
Fracking
WILL contaminate billions of gallons of clean water with toxic chemicals
(About 5 million gallons of water and 25,000 gallons of chemicals per slickwater frack event.)
Fracking
WILL necessitate thousands of relatively shallow injection wells for hazardous slickwater flowback waste,
further endangering the land and freshwater recharge basins of our rivers and watersheds.
Fracking
WILL execute the permanent removal of Large Quantity Withdrawals of freshwater from the Hydrologic
Cycle of the Great Lakes Basin. This violates the intent of the Great Lakes Compact.
Fracking
WILL pollute the air with routine flaring, off-gassing and transport procedures. Animals and people will
suffer.
Fracking
WILL create hundreds of Heavy Industry Stations with accompanying noise, smells and traffic load,
throughout rural Michigan.
Fracking
WILL degrade quality of life for Michigan citizens and visitors.
Fracking
WILL lower land values, causing property sale and mortgage problems.
Fracking
WILL damage Michigan's tourism economy.
Fracking
WILL devastate the environment on an unprecedented scale with projected 5-20 acre industrial frack pads,
multiple (10-20) wells per square mile and multiple fracks per well.
Fracking
WILL be a
Boom and Bust Industry. The profits will be taken, the scars will be left.
Fracking
WILL turn public recreation lands and state treasures into private industry assets. The state forests that
support biodiversity of species will be fragmented and impaired. The land will be used to maximize profits, the
resources will be taken, the damage will take centuries (if ever) to heal.
Fracking
WILL cause unreasonable and unnecessary damage to Michigan's environment, the commons (state forests,
water and air) and to the public trust. The unacceptable harms and real costs of fracking are
inherent in the
unconventional Slickwater High-volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing Industry.
The harm is fundamental, intrinsic,
endemic and irreversible to the process. The damage and costs will be imposed on the environment and the people.
The gas will be sold on the international markets by international gas and oil companies.
Protect Michigan's Water. Ban Slickwater Fracking
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Water is our most precious and valuable resource.
