We are interested in the Keystone XL Pipeline and its effect on the underlying Ogallala Aquifer. So we went looking for information on the route and found that the pipeline was scheduled to go over part of the water but that there are also other pipelines in the same area. See the pipeline map at: http://www.transcanada.com/docs/Key_Projects/Pipeline_Safety__Ogallala_Aquifer_2010.pdf
This does not eliminate the argument but it also shows that moving the pipeline eastward (near where the Keystone pipeline runs), would remove it from potential damage, should there be a spill. Moving it west would not work as there are other sand dunes in Colorado (Wray Dunes) that would be effected.
So why has this not been studied and approved? Politics!
Conservative Tom
This does not eliminate the argument but it also shows that moving the pipeline eastward (near where the Keystone pipeline runs), would remove it from potential damage, should there be a spill. Moving it west would not work as there are other sand dunes in Colorado (Wray Dunes) that would be effected.
So why has this not been studied and approved? Politics!
Conservative Tom
