Letter to Editor written BEFORE the EPA created this massive environmental disaster. Fuck the EPA.
FARMINGTON, N.M. —Nearly 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater from Colorado’s Gold King mine has made its way into the Animas River since an EPA mistake last week.
The wastewater began spilling last Wednesday when an EPA-supervised cleanup crew accidentally breached a debris dam that was flowing at 550 gallons per minute.
The spill turned the river into an orange, mucky mess for several days as the plume made its way downstream.
Five days after the spill, southern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico residents continue to avoid the river.
Those affected most by the millions of gallons of waste accidentally dumped into the Animas River by an Environmental Protection Agency crew, sounded off at a town hall meeting in Farmington Monday night.
The plume hit San Juan County, has now dumped into the San Juan River and is moving into Utah toward Lake Powell, a popular tourist destination.
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