Archived Navajo Nation Says EPA Trying To Cheat Them Over Mine Spill, Plans To Sue U.S. Government (hngn.com)
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Archived Navajo Nation Says EPA Trying To Cheat Them Over Mine Spill, Plans To Sue U.S. Government (hngn.com)
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[–] ThizzBoss ago
I don't think you know what you're talking about.
[–] minicoaster ago
You don't either. The spill is already totally past cement creek, which was the the last possible place to contain it. At the confluence of cement creek and the animas, it's flowing at about 88 cfs, and by the time it spills into the San Juan it's already at 700 or 800. There's no way you could contain the water, and if you were to pump water out to filter it'd be like pissing into the ocean, and you'd need a mobile filtration facility that can travel over rough terrain even if you were to attempt this.
[–] ThizzBoss ago
Yeah obviously it's too late now but they could have easily set up a 2000 gpm system near the site before they decided to let the bulkhead burst. I do this for a living.