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Can someone let IEDC know that a sustainable pumping rate does not mean the resource is sustainable? Aquifers across the US are being drained. They don’t refill with a few decent rainfalls. It takes thousands of years

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Right. How can anyone who has been paying attention to what's going on out west even contemplate such a thing??

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This feels like when a major city announces it wants to fund an NFL stadium or NBA arena or MLB ballpark. Once they make an announcement it's already a done deal, and consultants are then hauled into not to test assumptions but to provide PR cover. Sports facilities are always a bad investment according to objective economist, but somehow their paid consultants always back them up. So I hope some consultants who are not on the payroll of an organization benefitting from this project will get a chance to make their own assessment.

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"the Wabash alluvial aquifer would be sufficient to feed millions of gallons of water to the massive LEAP District development 35 miles away near Lebanon." And that is all they care about. NOT what the long-term impacts would be to the aquifer. Yes, there is a LOT of water here. But there used to be a lot of water in the Colorado River, too.

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I want to take them into a room with tiny chairs and carpet squares for sitting. Then I want to begin their education by reading The Lorax. We'll see how they progress from there.

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NO,NO,NO, I WILL SAY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. we were not told until they had already moved forward. To me this isn’t so much about the water, but about who is making all the $. Why would these crook, planners spend $128,000,000 buying 9,000 acres if they thought it would not happen. Why not put the corp. here in tippecanoe co. Because they are going to take the water elsewhere. Oh, this the first time I have heard this! Of course meaning more many for planners, and politicians who will go along with anyone for $.

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And just how much of the water in our county will be diverted to other places? We have no way to know. If they have their way, we will have no control of that, ever. It's all about "development", and none at all about true sustainability.

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Your ideas are better than mine. Thanks

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There is a meeting of West Point resident on 28 September 6-8pm at 2401 south 100 west Lafayette - Church Alive. To discuss how we can combat/confront the IEDC about LEAP? Dave could you be there?

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Thanks, April. I have that on my calendar.

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Seems it was already a done deal when the idea was first brought about. I imagine the contractors office trailers would be a a major infrastructure undertaking, let alone employee parking, roads for major heavy duty and light traffic, just for Eli Lilly’s project. It will be interesting to see who is the major benefactor of this project. Hopefully Dave Bangert and others can expose those responsible.

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IEDC completely dodged the question about whether they would have rolled out the pipeline idea in a more open fashion early on, if it had to do it again. The lack of transparency has been a major issue from the beginning. “Beginning” being when the public discovered that something was happening with LEAP and the aquifer.

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