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Many people in Logan County are highly
concerned about the proposed Data Center. One aspect that may not be
considered by Hut 8 is the impact on the great Mahomet Acquifer.
This huge underground source of water covers 14 counties, providing
100 million gallons of water daily for our use. It holds 13 trillion
gallons of water from its depth that surges under 1.26 million
acres.
The smaller Sankoty Aquifer is the little sister that runs more to
the west and north of the Mahomet. It is under Illinois also. Its
origins is part of the Old Mississippi Acquifer.
In 2015 the EPA designated the Mahomet Acquifer as a federal
CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER. Illinois prohibits
carbon sequestration projects over or thru to prevent acidation or
pollution. Once it is polluted, it will be years to clarify the
drinking water to purity again.
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The Data Center that is proposed to be
built just outside of Latham, constructed over 720 acres, has been
been rumored that it plans to drill deep to find water for the
cooling system for the center. It will consume volumes of water.
Other communities who have ended up with a data center have
complained that their city/town water supply suffers as well as its
citizens.
Please attend the next meetings. They are vitally important to
Latham and Logan County.
Thank you,
Rebecca Drake
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