Toxic wastewater from copper mine spills into river in northern Mexico By Matthew Brennan 20 August 2014 Over 10 million gallons of toxic wastewater leached from a copper mine
20.08.2014· €€€Over 10 million gallons of toxic wastewater leached from a copper mine near the town of Cananea in northern Mexico spilled into the nearby Bacanuchi River on August 6.
16.07.2020· An abandoned copper mine in Russia has released a huge amount of toxic waste into nearby rivers and lakes. The waste was held in a pond for treatment but nobody could pay to have it neutralized,...
14.08.2015· Toxic mine waste also spilled into the Animas River at least two other times, in the 1970s, says Ronald R. Hewitt Cohen, an environmental engineer who studies mine waste treatment at the Colorado...
09.08.2015· The city of Durango and La Plata County, Colorado, have declared a state of emergency after a crew accidentally released mine waste into the water.
13.01.2017· The August 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado released 3 million gallons of wastewater tainted with iron, aluminum, manganese, lead, copper and other metals. Rivers in...
04.08.2014· The Fraser River that pours into the sea near Vancouver is the most productive salmon river in the world. Just now as the salmon have this week begun their upstream migration to spawn, one of the largest spills of toxic mine waste in history, 25 million of cubic meters of waste, has occurred in a major branch of the Fraser River.
18.08.2015· The Environmental Protection Agency was working with heavy equipment to find a leak at the mine, which has been releasing toxic water into the river for years. Workers instead accidentally caused...
13.01.2017· The August 2015 spill at the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado released 3 million gallons of wastewater tainted with iron, aluminum, manganese, lead, copper and other metals. Rivers in...
A toxic mining waste spill near Durango, Colorado spewed 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater from the Gold King mine near Silverton into the Animas River last Wednesday.
05.08.2019· ALBUQUERQUE Environmental Protection Agency contractors triggered the release of three million gallons of yellow wastewater from the Gold King Mine in southwest Colorado into the Animas and San Juan rivers on Aug. 5, 2015. The spill flowed through New Mexico, Utah and the Navajo Nation, all of which sued the EPA for damages.
04.08.2014· The Fraser River that pours into the sea near Vancouver is the most productive salmon river in the world. Just now as the salmon have this week begun their upstream migration to spawn, one of the largest spills of toxic mine waste in history, 25 million of cubic meters of waste, has occurred in a major branch of the Fraser River.
Government investigators said provincial environmental authorities had ordered the mine to stem toxic discharge into the river before, but the recent spills showed otherwise. Operations at the mine...
Toxic waste from a mine operated by China's top gold/copper producer polluted the Tingjiang River, threatening drinking water supply and the fishing industry along the river.
Poisonous waste water from the copper mine in Fujian province has contaminated the Ting river -- a major waterway in the country's southeast -- and has now flowed downstream into Guangdong...
07.08.2015· The Environmental Protection Agency took responsibility Friday for inadvertently polluting a Colorado river with 1 million gallons of toxic orange wastewater while trying to clean up an abandoned...
10.08.2015· DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency says the mine waste spill into Colorado waters is much larger than originally estimated. The EPA now says 3 million gallons of wastewater spilled
Acidic wastewater from an abandoned mine above Silverton coursed its way through La Plata County on Thursday, turning the Animas River orange-brown, forcing the city of Durango to stop pumping raw...
Toxic mine waste spill into Animas River symptom of larger problem “Last week’s tragic mining waste spill damaged wildlife, critical drinking water sources, tourism and agriculture for communities...
05.08.2019· ALBUQUERQUE Environmental Protection Agency contractors triggered the release of three million gallons of yellow wastewater from the Gold King Mine in southwest Colorado into the Animas and San Juan rivers on Aug. 5, 2015. The spill flowed through New Mexico, Utah and the Navajo Nation, all of which sued the EPA for damages.
23.09.2014· TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are testing water from the San Pedro River in southern Arizona that may be contaminated with toxic waste that traveled north after a massive copper mine spill in Mexico this summer.
Related: The Environmental Protection Agency spilled millions of gallons of mustard-colored toxic waste into the Animas River Leaky mines are everywhere. A 2011 report from the federal GAO...
On the heels of the disaster which caused 3 million gallons of toxic waste to spill into the Animas River in Colorado earlier this month, conservationists are rightly freaking out about the
Just a week after the Mount Polley disaster, another mine waste spill has occurred, this time from a copper mine in Mexico. About 10 million gallons of acid-laced mine waste spilled from the Buenavista mine into nearby rivers. Water restrictions have been imposed for thousands of people.
BEIJING (Reuters) Toxic waste from a copper mine spill has been washed downriver into Guangdong province, China’s main export hub, as scrutiny intensifies of the embattled mining company’s links...
On August 4, 2014, the dam holding toxic waste from the Mount Polley copper and gold mine in the Cariboo region of British Columbia creating the largest environmental disaster in Canada’s mining history. The spill flooded Polley Lake and flowed into Hazeltine Creek and Quesnel Lake. Land, water systems and salmon habitat were destroyed. The Northern Secwepemc people, on whose territory
23.10.2015· Study Faults E.P.A. for Toxic Wastewater Spill in Colorado Rockies An official with the local sheriff’s department took a sample from the Animas River in August after a spill of three million
14.04.2011· ChinaDialogue: A toxic spill in Fujian last year was just the latest in a line of environmental failures in the province, writes one of the winners in the 2011 China environmental press awards
A toxic mining waste spill near Durango, Colorado spewed 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater from the Gold King mine near Silverton into the Animas River last Wednesday.
23.09.2014· Mexico warns Arizona of toxic waste spill into river. By: Astrid Galvan, Associated Press September 23, 2014. Gila River just downstream from Coolidge Dam in Arizona (Photo by Alan Stark/Creative Commons) TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are testing water from the San Pedro River in southern Arizona that may be contaminated with toxic waste that traveled north after a massive copper mine
11.08.2015· Rivers Shut Down Over EPA's Spill Of 3 Million Gallons Of Toxic Water : The Two-Way Water samples taken after the spill showed lead concentrations
Toxic waste from a copper mine spill has been washed downriver into Guangdong province, China's main export hub, as scrutiny intensifies of the embattled mining company's links to local government
The waste flowed into Cement Creek, and has since contaminated the Animas River, San Juan River, and the Colorado River in Utah. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe in southern Colorado has declared a state of local emergency. Their 1,059-square-mile reservation was the first to be hit by the spill, a 100-mile-long stream of mining waste containing
10.08.2015· How the EPA managed to spill 3 million gallons of mining waste into a Colorado river By Brad Plumer @bradplumer Aug 10, 2015, 12:30pm EDT Share this story
Rushing into the pristine Animas River, the water immediately turned a brilliant yellow-orange from the heavy metals contained in the waste, which include zinc, iron, copper, and more.
On August 6, 2014, 40,000 cubic meters of copper sulfate and other toxic substances spilled into the Sonora and Bacanuchi rivers from the copper mine Buenavista del Cobre in Cananea, Sonora
Close to 40,000 cubic meters of wastewater from a copper mine in northern Mexico have spilled into rivers, forcing authorities to restrict water supply to urban areas, including Sonora state’s
24.08.2014· The Sonora River after sulfuric acid leaked from a nearby copper mine in northwestern Mexico on Aug. 12. (Photo: Hector Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) Aug 24, 2014 · 2 MIN READ Kristina Bravo is Assistant Editor at TakePart. Bio; More than 10 million gallons of sulfuric acid from one of the world’s largest copper mines spilled into two major rivers—the Sonora and the Bacanuchi—in