Landmark Supreme Court decision in Hawaii regarding protection of groundwaterDear Honourable Ministers of Environment and Health,
COVID-19 will not be stopped without providing safe water to people living in vulnerability. (4). Clean water and air is a human right for us and our progeny to enjoy a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment,
This US Supreme Court decision in Hawaii is a major victory for protecting our vital ground waters. (1,2). Many of our communities are served by wells drilled into local artesian aquifers which are often traversed by various pipelines transporting toxic and hazardous liquids and gases. Will these pipelines required to be made more reliable and dependable or be rerouted to ensurer human safety whenever they cross a vital aquifer?
The science ( 3) used to attack the ground water pollution problem in Hawaii could also be applied in BC and Canada. It could also be used for cleaning up the pollution in the Fraser River watershed and its delta and the Salish Sea.
Who's vigorously protecting our ground water resources in Canada and BC?
Yours for protecting our sacred clean ground waters with zero pollution for our grandchildren.
Jim Ronback,
System Safety Engineer (retired)
1530 Kirkwood Road
Delta , BC
1) A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling puts groundwater science at the center of decisions about how to regulate water pollution.
‘Hydrologists should be happy.’ Big Supreme Court ruling bolsters groundwater science
By Warren Cornwall, Apr. 23, 2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/scotus-clean-water 2) SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
COUNTY OF MAUI, HAWAII v. HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND ET AL.
No. 18–260. Argued November 6, 2019—Decided April 23, 2020
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-260_5i36.pdf3) Lahaina groundwater tracer study
Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
Glenn, Craig R., et al,
Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jun 2013
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50768
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/50768
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/50768/2/2013%20-%20Lahaina_GW_Tracer_Final.pdf The report
4) COVID-19 will not be stopped without providing safe water to people living in vulnerability – UN experts
GENEVA (23 March 2020)
https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25738&LangID=E
5) Artesian aquifer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artesian_aquifer
Dear Honourable Ministers of Environment and Health,
COVID-19 will not be stopped without providing safe water to people living in vulnerability. (4). Clean water and air is a human right for us and our progeny to enjoy a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment,
This US Supreme Court decision in Hawaii is a major victory for protecting our vital ground waters. (1,2). Many of our communities are served by wells drilled into local artesian aquifers which are often traversed by various pipelines transporting toxic and hazardous liquids and gases. Will these pipelines required to be made more reliable and dependable or be rerouted to ensurer human safety whenever they cross a vital aquifer?
The science ( 3) used to attack the ground water pollution problem in Hawaii could also be applied in BC and Canada. It could also be used for cleaning up the pollution in the Fraser River watershed and its delta and the Salish Sea.
Who's vigorously protecting our ground water resources in Canada and BC?
Yours for protecting our sacred clean ground waters with zero pollution for our grandchildren.
Jim Ronback,
System Safety Engineer (retired)
1530 Kirkwood Road
Delta , BC
1) A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling puts groundwater science at the center of decisions about how to regulate water pollution.
‘Hydrologists should be happy.’ Big Supreme Court ruling bolsters groundwater science
By Warren Cornwall, Apr. 23, 2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/scotus-clean-water
2) SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
COUNTY OF MAUI, HAWAII v. HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND ET AL.
No. 18–260. Argued November 6, 2019—Decided April 23, 2020
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-260_5i36.pdf
3) Lahaina groundwater tracer study Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
Glenn, Craig R., et al,
Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jun 2013
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50768https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/50768https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/50768/2/2013%20-%20Lahaina_GW_Tracer_Final.pdf The report
4) COVID-19 will not be stopped without providing safe water to people living in vulnerability – UN experts
GENEVA (23 March 2020)
https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25738&LangID=E5) Artesian aquifer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artesian_aquifer