Montgomery Fire Chief Brian Edwards approves of the power plant. Sempra plans to cool the power plant by pumping water from Lake Conroe and having an underground pipeline from the lake to the power plant. Sempra would be buying about 3.5 million gallons per day. Despite many of the immediate benefits, Schmitz and other residents say some in the county are looking at short-term benefits instead of long term effects of the power plant. They are allowing our natural resources to be exploited for short-term gain.
Health concerns are another long term-effect some residents are asking about.
I live on a high ridge about one and three quarters miles that will be upwind from this plant. Although authorities claim this to be a safe level of ommision others feel differently. On a website called Ministry for The Environment located in New Zealand, it listed the effects of pollutants on health and the environment. It forms when nitrogen oxide and other nitrogen oxides react with other chemicals in the air to form Nitrogen Dioxide. It affects the respiratory system and can decrease your lungs' defenses against bacteria, make one more susceptible to infections, and aggravate asthma.