Comments on: IP Explosion: Officials Say No Impact On Drinking Water http://www.northescambia.com/2017/02/ip-explosion-officials-say-no-impact-on-drinking-water Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2017/02/ip-explosion-officials-say-no-impact-on-drinking-water/comment-page-1#comment-337021 David Huie Green Tue, 07 Feb 2017 05:36:41 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=276367#comment-337021 REGARDING: "Isn’t the mill discharging this black liquor on a continuing basis to end up in Perdido Bay?" No, black liquor is burned as a biofuel after concentration by evaporators and burned in a recovery boiler to produce energy and recover the cooking chemicals in a very efficient recycling process. Before it is burned, it is also a valuable chemical feedstock rather than petrochemicals. What Perdido Bay needs to reduce pollutants is fewer people around it dumping their fertilize and other waste and garbage. Failing that, it needs subsurface oxygen injection to feed aerobic bacteria to break down the sawdust from 1900, long before there was a paper mill. David for biofuels and recycling REGARDING:
“Isn’t the mill discharging this black liquor on a continuing basis to end up in Perdido Bay?”

No, black liquor is burned as a biofuel after concentration by evaporators and burned in a recovery boiler to produce energy and recover the cooking chemicals in a very efficient recycling process. Before it is burned, it is also a valuable chemical feedstock rather than petrochemicals.

What Perdido Bay needs to reduce pollutants is fewer people around it dumping their fertilize and other waste and garbage. Failing that, it needs subsurface oxygen injection to feed aerobic bacteria to break down the sawdust from 1900, long before there was a paper mill.

David for biofuels and recycling

]]> By: old man http://www.northescambia.com/2017/02/ip-explosion-officials-say-no-impact-on-drinking-water/comment-page-1#comment-336994 old man Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:52:47 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=276367#comment-336994 i may be wrong but several years ago the mill had a problem with the E P A about perido bay now any discharge that goes into the creek and perido bay is monitored by E P A i know because i owned two houses on perido bay i may be wrong but several years ago the mill had a problem with the E P A about perido bay now any discharge that goes into the creek and perido bay is monitored by E P A i know because i owned two houses on perido bay

]]> By: bewildered http://www.northescambia.com/2017/02/ip-explosion-officials-say-no-impact-on-drinking-water/comment-page-1#comment-336921 bewildered Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=276367#comment-336921 Isn't the mill discharging this black liquor on a continuing basis to end up in Perdido Bay? Sure, it's being filtered first by wetlands - but if it is toxic - sooner or later it would affect thousands of residents around the Bay. Isn’t the mill discharging this black liquor on a continuing basis to end up in Perdido Bay? Sure, it’s being filtered first by wetlands – but if it is toxic – sooner or later it would affect thousands of residents around the Bay.

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