Three Million Gallons of Contaminated Water Turns River Orange in Colorado
The Animas River in Colorado has turned orange as a toxic spill continues to flow downstream and through to other states.
A team of workers with the Environmental Protection Agency accidentally released 3 million gallons of waste water from the Gold King Mine in Silverton, Colorado, on Aug. 5, the agency said.
It was initially estimated to be a third of that size at one million gallons, the EPA said.
The contaminated water contains heavy metals, including lead and arsenic, turning the river water into a murky orange and yellow color, ABC affiliate KMGH reported.
“We are aware that there are a number of old mines that have water dams like, similar to this, and we’re going to go back through them,” Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper told KMGH. “People think about Colorado for our skies and our landscapes and our rushing rivers. They don’t want those rivers to be orange.”
There is no timetable yet for cleaning up the spill, Hickenlooper said, also adding that it’s also too early to determine who should be held accountable.
The water will continue to flow through the San Juan National Forest, where the San Juan River will carry the contaminated water through Utah and eventually into Lake Powell, experts said. It’s expected to reach Lake Powell by Wednesday, experts said.
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7 comments:
Accidental spill from the EPA??? How the F*CK does that happen accidentally. Between purposefully unleashing hell on Japan and then the EPA wants to take control over all streams and ponds on everyone's land claiming jurisdiction over the land and then contaminating our waters with Fukushima and then Oil Spill and the navy going into Alaska with their wreaking havoc on the sea life there and now this...I am calling B*LLSH*T!!!!!!!! First...we need to BAN the EPA and charge them with theft of our property and the fact that they know about Fukushima because I have called them myself and talked to the assistant of the head of the EPA and the fact that they know about the chemtrails because I have called them myself and informed them of many things and they have done nothing. GET RID OF THE EPA AND PUT THEM ALL IN JAIL FOR AIDING AND ABETTING THE POISONING OF OUR PLANET; WILDLIFE; SEA LIFE AND PEOPLE!!!!!!!!
Hell these ignorant idiots ....nothing ever this large happens by accident.... Why does this fake news man not report about the chemtrails dumping 10 times the amount of these toxins daily.... GET INVOLVED AND GET OFF YOUR TV WATCHING BUTT....PROTEST, WRITE ....JUST PLAIN BE HEARD....
Agree with you both-more corporate terrorists -epa needs cut out completely with every other agency these crooks have formed. Provost Marshalls have a lot to do,they need to know the people have their backs. Read posting @ americannationalmilitia.com
Clif High talked about water wars early this year.
If everything they have is underground, are they trying to eliminate our options topside, for whatever is on it's way?
In the days of Noah, it didn't rain, a mist formed on the ground, the flood was the first rain. They had never experienced it before.
Those people doing these accidents, [ passive aggressive ] behavior, think we will believe they control something. They controlled the accident.
They will never be our Gods.
Now all I'm waiting for is some saleman/magician/God wannabe to pop up with one of those filters, and run the water through it and the yellow disappears and everyone who is programmable goes ooo! and aaah! and start 'following' them.
Facebook and Twitter are teaching you to be followers, right?
accidentally? Right. The bullshit continues and the sheeple keep eating it.
Along with the engineered California drought, the intentional draining of Lake Meade, & states jailing people collecting rainwater, this is massive denial of water to us commoners. I lived in Las Vegas in the 90's when lake Meade was running over the emergency spillway & the lake level was 8 feet from the road on top of the dam. The 5 great lakes hold 20% of the worlds surface fresh water. No mention of using this to combat the ' drought.' The Alaska pipeline was built in incredibly difficult terrain, this water pipe would mostly run over flat land with little to no ' impact statement ' necessary for the EPA. No mention of this in the MSM. ~~ blueray
Use water from the Great Lakes...... Watch it buddy... that's China's water.(sarc)
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