In Ft. McMurray AB, they are not allowed to dump it in the waterway. Instead, they are required to contain it in a “tailings pond”. These tailings ponds are as big as most lakes now and there are huge concerns that they may break and leak into the waterway. This would cause major environmental damage.

This citizens was referring to the pollution.

Although AB enviro legislation mandates the oil companies must clean up tailings ponds…the gov’t. does not make them adhere to it because they are more interested in receiving increased royalties.

I do no think Lake Michigan is large enough to absorb the tailings without adverse effect. Even AB does not allow dumpiong of this stuff into waterways.