Ontopic The EPA has poisoned a river in Colorado

[Jimmycrackcorn]

You can't make shit like this up....

https://gma.yahoo.com/three-million...r-orange-145919486--abc-news-topstories.html#

 

[Jimmycrackcorn]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/09/us/colorado-epa-mine-river-spill/

 

[thintoast]

Why couldn't they do this to the rivers in California? Then we could say, welp, looks like your stupid fucking fish are dead now so there's no reason to allot a certain amount of water into the rivers to keep those fucking fish alive. Send it to the people who need it instead.

 

[hydra]

Why couldn't they do this to the rivers in California? Then we could say, welp, looks like your stupid fucking fish are dead now so there's no reason to allot a certain amount of water into the rivers to keep those fucking fish alive. Send it to the people who need it instead.

Wouldn't people be drinking orange water then?

 

[thintoast]

Wouldn't people be drinking orange water then?

No. Those rivers aren't used as a source of potable water. The water in those rivers is protected. The water would be re-allocated before it even reaches those rivers.

 

[Floptical]

Luckily this is Utah and New Mexico's problem...

 

[hydra]

No. Those rivers aren't used as a source of potable water. The water in those rivers is protected. The water would be re-allocated before it even reaches those rivers.

So then I guess I'm confused on how taking it from the fish to give to people makes practical sense?

 

[Amstel]

They will tell you they were trying to be helpful. I think I speak for our well intentioned government officials when I say that we all should just be enamored with that and ignore real world consequences. They'll try to be more helpful next time, and the time after that.

 

[Jehannum]

Luckily this is Utah and New Mexico's problem...

 

[fly]

That's pretty fucked up. WHOOPS!

 

[gee]

Bothers me that the EPA is responsible for cleaning this shit up, not the mine that created all that waste.

 

[fly]

Bothers me that the EPA is responsible for cleaning this shit up, not the mine that created all that waste.

The sad part is that it is literally impossible to hold people accountable for that kind of stuff.

 

[Jehannum]

Bothers me that the EPA is responsible for cleaning this shit up, not the mine that created all that waste.

As I understand it, the mines in the area haven't been active in some time, and the EPA has been running the cleanup under the table to avoid listing the area as a Superfund site.

 

[fly]

As I understand it, the mines in the area haven't been active in some time, and the EPA has been running the cleanup under the table to avoid listing the area as a Superfund site.

Isn't superfund a good thing? Then they can get more money...

 

[kiwi]

People claim it's headed to AZ so we may be included in the list of Utah and New Mexico's problem.

 

[Jehannum]

Isn't superfund a good thing? Then they can get more money...

I'm trying to think of an area whose primary source of income is tourism that's also a Superfund site, but I'm coming up empty.

 

[thintoast]

People claim it's headed to AZ so we may be included in the list of Utah and New Mexico's problem.

Just wait until it reaches Lake Powell.

 

[thintoast]

Or... more correctly... Puddle Powell.

 

[Casper]

As I understand it, the mines in the area haven't been active in some time, and the EPA has been running the cleanup under the table to avoid listing the area as a Superfund site.

As I understand how you understand it: that's quite stupid.

 

[thintoast]

The last time I was at Lake Powell, the water was so low that the boat we were in hit an underwater rock in the middle of the lake and tore a huge hole in the bow of the boat. We stayed afloat, but had to be towed in.