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this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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How do they even manage that, is there no filtration at all for the water supply or have they been pumping dirty water back in - which shouldn't be allowed even if it was clean.
Not an expert but I believe some municipalities (and some older homes) rely on well water with pretty minimal treatment. This is usually fine because the water moves through the well system so slowly everything naturally filters, but if you suddenly have a data center or fracking system forcing orders of magnitude more water through the ecosystem than was originally designed, those natural filtration systems start to fail catastrophically.
Did you stay at a Holiday Inn last night?
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
Not only that, but if there are chemicals in that water that can't be filtered, that's just in the well water now. As someone who grew up on well water in the country, that's terrifying, as you aren't gonna get water pumped in at a price that is viable. Especially when you realize most of rural Georgia is like that (same with a lot of southern states).
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%7Cw1282590996%7C-83.67669%7C33.59840
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.