Environmental workers spill a million gallons of waste into Colorado river
by Reuters from on (#GPDV)
US Environmental Protection Agency crew accidentally releases water containing sediment and metals from a disused mine into Animas river tributary
A team of US regulators investigating contamination at a Colorado goldmine accidentally released a million gallons (3.8 million liters) of orange-hued waste water containing sediment and metals into a local river system, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday.
The waste water had been held behind a barrier near the abandoned Gold King Mine, but was accidentally emptied into Cement creek, which flows into the Animas river in San Juan county, said an EPA spokesman, Rich Mylott.
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