NM uses Gold King Mine spill settlement dollars to monitor watershed after federal dollars dried up – By Megan Gleason (Albuquerque Journal) / June 26, 2023
In 2015, the Animas River turned yellow copper when toxic waste water was released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a company contracted by the federal government.
Water health is still a concern today.
That’s why New Mexico officials, along with other states and tribal nations, continue to track water quality, even after some federal funding ran out.
Recent data from this multi-state and tribal partnership should come this summer or fall.
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