Re: Animas River Turns Orange
Author: ED Workman
Date: 08-11-2015 - 08:17
The water will be trapped in Lake Powell before it can get to Lake Mead, for awhile.
Lots of sediment already in the Colorado River so it will be well mixed and soon covered- if it rains upstream.
All the hoohaw about the heavy metals etc but no specifics
The stupid bastids, at last report had yet to stop the runout but were 'catching' it downstream
More BIG CORPORATION GREED- oh waitaminnit it's the dumb ass gummint,
so no worries, never mind.
And the web sez the mines closed ca 1923.
It will be interesting to see how much damage is done, and how long it will take to recover.
The Cantara spill. a LOT less than this [albeit in less water],
healed rather quickly despite the cries of DOOM from the environitwits and the looting of SP