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Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) officials announced today it has examined data provided by states upstream of Lake Powell and closer to the Gold King Mine spill.
ADEQ’s analysis of data released by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality of samples collected about 100 miles from Lake Powell (closest Utah sample) shows that water quality conditions in the San Juan River upstream of Lake Powell are generally consistent with pre-spill conditions. “Based on what we’re seeing with the water flowing into Lake Powell, we don’t expect there to be noticeable change in water quality in Arizona,” ADEQ Director Misael Cabrera said.
“To put this spill into perspective, the three million gallon estimated volume of the spill represents a miniscule fraction of a percent (0.000071 percent) of the total volume of water in Lake Powell (more than four trillion gallons as of July 29, 2015) Cabrera said, adding that ADEQ does not expect this spill to have short- or long-term negative impacts to Lake Powell and the downstream Colorado River.”
ADEQ says it has been and will continue coordinating with public health and environmental agencies in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, as well as with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and tribal officials to gather, analyze and share water quality data with each other and the public as it becomes available.
Beginning August 14th, these officials began lifting water use restrictions for the Animas and San Juan Rivers, because water quality conditions are returning to pre-spill conditions.
You can trust the government
Just ask an Indian!
Carrie Mock good news.
Current pictures of the Animas River can be seen here: http://www2.epa.gov/goldkingmine/photos-related-gold-king-mine-response
Hope the Navajo Nation is able to use the river water soon.
they failed to mention a few things like the smell ,and cost of water triples next year
@roth LOL!
You can trust the government, just ask any law abiding citizen.
Deb,
Not sure what your response means. Care to explain? It reads to me that if your government violates you and their oath you must’ve done something to deserve it. Or I could be wrong, but I get those kinds of responses, a lot….usually from cops, politicians, brain dead statists, and other psychopaths.
Your response reminded me of a Bill Murray Quote, goes something like this,
“So, if you lie to the government it’s a felony,
If your government lies to you,
it’s politics”
Seems true to me based on my 50 revolutions around the bright shiny thing in the sky.
So has the Navajo nation concluded the investigation they were conducting? And if so what were the findings? I’d trust them over the EPA and any other U.S. Agency at this point.