tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622382568578063864.post5058480224873119..comments2024-03-27T19:25:29.200-04:00Comments on SPLASHDOWN!: Hold the salt, if you pleaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2622382568578063864.post-86100915010165399552010-01-21T10:33:01.692-05:002010-01-21T10:33:01.692-05:00When the construction was proposed for Yatesville ...When the construction was proposed for Yatesville Lake in Kentucky, the Army Corps of Engineers was concerned that it would be "Dead Sea II" due to the brine from the upstream Martha Oil Field. The Corps found the brine was entering the streams in two ways: 1) runoff from the oil field and 2) spring seepage from the polluted water table. The Corps only build the lake after the oil field production was shut down and it was determined that the aquifer was separated from the lake by a geologic fault line.<br /><br />Learn from our mistakes.Martha Speakshttp://marthaoilfield.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com