There are no choices available, however, the possible environmental risk that this situation can give is the depletion of ground water. The amount of water being pumped out from the ground will take time to replenish, hence emptying ground water and possibly mixing sediments trapped inside the cavern of water. This situation can eventually contaminate new ground water that will seep in into the cracks that were dug for irrigation.
Of interest, climate is one of the five soil forming factors and has a significant influence on the properties of soil. Soils in warmer or wetter climate are more developed than soils in cooler or drier climate. Warm conditions promote the chemical and biological reactions that develop parent material into soil.
Coal Mining is considered the most dangerous job in the United States. Mining also possibly releases harmful chemicals in the environment.
I believe that it is because when you put the hand on ice it causes the hand too cool and prevents/slows the rate at which the nerves get damaged.
