A radioactive water leak that started over a year ago is leaking into an aquifer that provides New Jersey with water.<\/span><\/p>\n This radioactive water leak at a nuclear power plant started over a year ago (April 9, 2009) and since then it has been slowly spreading underground in the area aquifer. One might ask why something wasn\u2019t done about it before now. Now, this contaminated water is beginning to seep into the aquifer that gives New Jersey residents much of their drinking water.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n What evidently happened is that at least 180,000 gallons of tainted water was released from the Lacey Township plant. The water seeped out through two small holes in separate pipes. No matter how it got out, water testing has revealed pollution levels 50 times higher than Department of Environmental Protection standards in the aquifer that provides a large portion of South Jersey\u2019s drinking water. The pollution of course is (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A radioactive water leak that started over a year ago is leaking into an aquifer that provides New Jersey with water. This radioactive water leak at a nuclear power plant started over a year ago (April 9, 2009) and since…<\/span><\/p>\n