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Book Review of "ALTERNATIVES FOR GROUND WATER CLEANUP"

             National Research Council,
             Committee on Groundwater Cleanup Alternatives.
             Washington: National Academy Press, July 1994/315p

America's groundwater resource, which supplies more than 50% of
drinking water, is threatened not only be excessive overdrafts,
but by contamination. It is estimated that 300,000 to 400,000
sites may have contaminated soil or ground water requiring some
form of remediation.  One 1991 report concluded that over the
next 30 years the US will spend $480 billion to $1 trillion in
cleanup activities, with a best guess of $750 billion, or $8,000
per household.  (The magnitude of the problem may be equally
significant in other industrialized countries.)  Restoration of
contaminated ground water to drinking water standards is
possible, but cleanup is inherently complex, and will require
large expense and long time periods.  The inability of
"pump-and-treat" systems to reach drinking water standards at
many sites to date is not only due to complexity, but
insufficient or inaccurate characterization of the problem.
"The Committee strongly believes that existing ground water
cleanup goals cannot be attained in reasonable time frames
(decades) at a large number of sites with current
technologies."  Some sites will remain contaminated above
drinking water standards for the foreseeable future, even when
the best available technologies are used.  Although long-term
goals may remain the same, interim objectives are needed to
acknowledge current technological limitations. (ground water
cleanup goals)

from:
                 FUTURE SURVEY, May 1995
    A Monthly Abstract of Books, Articles, and Reports
  Concerning Forecasts, Trends, and Ideas about the Future.

    Published by the World Future Society  301-656-8274
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The real questions are:  What is the name of the political theory
 that allows "artificial people" (corporations) to kill "natural
  people" (your kids) in order to make profit (larger numbers)?
And does this political theory derive its philosophical premise
 from the teachings of our beloved John Locke or Adam Smith?
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