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So when the oil spills, they claim they can chase it as it sinks and catch up with it before it reaches the aquifer.  Yes, I would be skeptical of that.  I am not sure how that all shakes out geologically.   But sand is like a sieve.  I guess the other question is how much oil could the aquifer tolerate, or how far would the damage spread?   <o:p></o:p> In St. Louis Park, MN, we had a creosote plant that intentionally leached creosote into the ground.  I don’t recall exactly what the point of that was, but they had a ditch where creosote sunk into the ground for many years.  The chickens eventually came home to roost after the plant was closed, and creosote showed up in nearby municipal wells.  They closed several wells, and cleaned up the surface of the site.  I really don’t know how far that creosote has traveled, but nobody seems to be talking about it anymore.  It had to travel downward a long way just to get to the aquifer from which the wells drew.
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