To maximize benefits while minimizing complications, the use of casts and splints is generally limited to the short term. Excessive immobilization from continuous use of a cast or splint can lead to chronic pain, joint stiffness, muscle atrophy, or more severe complications (e.g., complex regional pain syndrome).
Energy Department: Fracking doesnât contaminate groundwater. In this March 29, 2013 photo, technicians inside a trailer direct the pressure and mix of water and chemicals pumped into an Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. well during hydraulic fracturing, outside Rifle, in western Colorado.
Compliance). POLICY: Whenever wastewater is discharged to an intermittent or ephemeral. stream, a drainage channel or swale, or a storm sewer, the potential for. public health effects, nuisance conditions, groundwater pollution, impact. on designated uses in surface waters, and trespass must be considered.