Plume from Colorado mine spill reaches New Mexico
Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:23 pm
A contaminated plume of waste water accidentally released from a Colorado gold mine by U.S. environmental agency workers has spread downstream and reached northern New Mexico, officials said on Saturday.
Utilities for the New Mexico towns of Aztec and Farmington have shut out river water from their systems to prevent contamination from the plume, which reached the state line between Colorado and New Mexico on Friday, said Michele Truby-Tillen, spokeswoman for the San Juan County, New Mexico, office of emergency management.
The spread of the plume into New Mexico represented a new danger for authorities as they seek to control the spill.................
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Utilities for the New Mexico towns of Aztec and Farmington have shut out river water from their systems to prevent contamination from the plume, which reached the state line between Colorado and New Mexico on Friday, said Michele Truby-Tillen, spokeswoman for the San Juan County, New Mexico, office of emergency management.
The spread of the plume into New Mexico represented a new danger for authorities as they seek to control the spill.................
townhall.com: Click to read further
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