Wastewater from the Colorado mine spill that turned the Animas River orange this week has made its way to northern New Mexico, the Associated Press reports. Officials in the cities of Aztec and Farmington have temporarily
An estimated 1 million gallons of wastewater spilled out of an abandoned mine area in the southern part of the state on Wednesday, turning the Animas River orange and prompting the EPA to tell locals to avoid it. Yellow sludge spilling from shuttered
The Animas River flows through Durango and into New Mexico where it is about to travel through Aztec and Farmington. The contaminants flowed through Durango and across the New Mexico state line Thursday night.
EPA causes massive spill of mining waste water in Colorado — turning Animas River bright orange. Newsweek · 08 Aug 2015 at 07:00 ET. river. Don't miss stories. Follow Raw Story!
More than a million gallons of the acidic, orange water filled with iron and other metals will make its way down the Animas River and will be in the Farmington area by tomorrow morning. It'll take at least 24 hours for it to pass through, forcing many