Neighborhood in eastern Colorado becomes hazmat scene due to toxic sludge in drinking water
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- The tanks that hold drinking water for nearly 140 residents in the Prairie View Ranch Water District are full of sludge that is so toxic that the State Water Quality Division has now brought in hazmat crews to dig them up and clean them out.
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This stinks of corruption from the bottom to the top.
Developers have a great deal of local political power. Isn't money speech? Don't they have the right to use their money to influence policy and it's enforcement?
And I wonder what kind of water the commissioner and his kids are drinking...
I'll give you a hint. It's not black in color. Probably reverse osmosis. @@a.j.9727
Good$$$$$
Decisions aren't made from the bottom to the top they're made from the top to the bottom those are the people who are responsible.
This should be national news.
Plenty of things should, and if they are, it doesn't last long when it stops getting clicks, Maui fire, Ohio chemical leak, etc.
Bad look for the dems
@@skreignI too can't stop thinking about Dems we should charge them rent!!!🙏😓🙏🇺🇸
Come on. This is msm. Its all corrupt. They take orders from above. Every single news station gets a pre planned script with clips and words to read. They are allowed a small bit of time for "LOCAL" stories like this. That's why there are compilations of a day of news being covered by 30 different cities all reading the same exact story. Its scripted.
@@skreigneveryone needs to vote the blue ONES OUT
"Only when the last tree is cut down and the last river polluted will you realize you can't eat money".
I’ve been saying the exact same thing. It’s sad as it is disgusting.
A warning to us from our Native peoples. We did not listen cause money.
If billionaires think they can pay to get the last remaining food in the world which is grown by the poorest people in the world...😂
Who is supposed to enforce the laws…? The “evil” capitalists?
@@ivd4154you didn’t even watch the report
For the low price of 8000 dollars in fines you can poison an entire community??
Sounds like a bargain
It is the EPA way.
Just cost of doing business.
Exactly. That’s how corporations think about it. 😢
$8000? Are you kidding me? Ever person involved in anyway should be in prison
Putting people in prison does NOT address the issue.
It absolutely addresses the issue as a deterrent to other officials being as negligent and corrupt.
@@dr.jamesolack8504 it addresses future issues like this quite effectively if someone knows they'll go to prison
@@dr.jamesolack8504 Why not?
Those with coin, connections, crews, clout, computer code, control, corrupt cronies, and shady opportunities can do anything they wish. Anything. And $8000 ain't NOTHIN', LOL! 😂🤣😂 That would barely tickle any given group of crim-crimz runnin' shady rackets, hahah. Radioactive water seems like a good profit-to-fines ratio; people should consider getting involved. The ROI obviously outweighs the fines, LMAO! 😈
So residents have been complaining about this for years….and nothing was being done…and this stuff is Radioactive..it’s not just dirty water? Whoever wasn’t doing anything about this water should be held accountable for poisoning the people with radioactive water. People will end up dying because of this…whether they drank it or showered in it or washed dishes in it….they have been put in danger.
#Clawback
The land is probably radioactive there.
I live in a city and you complain they try to label you mental. I and 5 others complained in one neighbor. Well from recei construction there was a break in the pipe. How was it discovered. Jump inwater usage and water bubbling up threw the ground down the street.
Would like to know more about that
There should be follow up to this story, years from now, these residents will have health issues due to the sludge. Cancer.
This is a class action lawsuit. It is foresure cancer-causing.
You don't get it. We are in hell. The devil gon find another way to poison us.
So is most of the "affordable" food and drink.
It's the fracking.
They said it’s radioactive. I’m pretty sure that’s cancer causing. 🤷♂️
If they were knowingly providing RADIOACTIVE WATER as DRINKING WATER to residents, there needs to be criminal charges. The water is essentially poison.
Fracking.
As a manager of a water system, this disgusts me at a level that most will not understand. Absolutely disgraceful
I feel your pain, Fam.
Crunchy water is never a good thing to hear.
As a manager of a sludge factory, it upsets me too! 😡
$8000.00 in fines $8000.00 is nothing nowadays
It ain't nothin'. Radioactive water is perfectly safe. Money is all that matters. Just be rich! 🙂 If you're rich, you can drink whatever you like. If you're not wealthy, then enjoy the sludge. But it's fine. It's safe. Radioactive materials only exist in movies.
and when the cancer starts showing up? People should be going to prison over this!
Lol. Tragic laughter. There's Billboards along the highway offering said Cancer assistance. Humans poisoned. All ages. Mostly Indigenous and PoC. Speculators Not Welcome
What about all the processed poisons in colorful boxes on the store shelves? Those unnatural products cause cancer as well
@@MojaveWrangler77are you defending the corruption?
And cancer is genetic, it's passed on from one generation to the next. These criminals have caused suffering for people not even born yet.
Which cigarette caused the cancer?
excuse me? for 20 years????
y'all quick to tell me my trashcan cant be by the fence though. lmao
Exactly
They regulate us to death but developers are free to do whatever they want.
Sounds like a payoff occured .
I’m not a reporter but if I were one and was doing a story about radioactive sludge in peoples drinking water I might ask where it comes from. Wow
It’s either one of two things:
A naturally occurring deposit of Uranium. As uranium breaks down it makes thorium and then radium. Lead 210 occurs naturally in these deposit.
There probably wasn’t enough of any of the elements to mine for it.
So they covered up the results that the land is radioactive to sell it expensively to developers.
The other possibility is it’s an illegal dump site for radioactive materials and toxic waste before being sold to developers.
Personally I’m thinking it’s a natural deposit that leached into the water system.
Uranium can be found in Colorado's drinking water because it's naturally present in granite formations, which are common in the state's foothills. They still should have asked the question or say that it's from natural sources
Hey Flint, hold my beer. -PVR
This county have single handly outdid Jackson,MS and Newark, NJ too.
#Radioactive is a whole Other kind of bad.
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Honestly, jeez...
Wow ☢️ radioactive!!!??
The fine is missing a couple zeros at the end, and the developer should be barred from any further business in the State.. at a minimum. Absolutely ridiculous
At any state
said the same thing!!!! but my seething rant def not as consice lmao!!!
I just wanna know how the f$ck it's radioactive? Not just dirty but literally emitting ionizing radiation wtf
@@dudetapedtoafridge3073 I think they said it was from the metals itself. Some rocks and metals just naturally emit that
It's RADIOACTIVE and they only get a few thousand dollar fine??? SERIOUSLY?
This is why not only need government oversight, but it must be transparent and enforced! Perpetrators must face severe penalties, not just money but jail time. This is disgusting.
Government oversight apparently comes with corruption built in as you can see here. No, the people just need to band together outside of government and replace laws with common sense laws that respect the bill of rights entirely. Then we can have the best of both worlds where oversight is not needed for lets say Jim who builds his house out in the country for himself. If Jim wants to hurt himself thats on Jim. But John building the highrise sky scraper can get audited by trustworthy engineers so that people are protected. Everyone wins. What won't work is feeding the beast that rules this place. Trust me they don't care no matter what moral act they put on, just look at what happened here. Why isn't the EPA having a coniption? But they want to get on ranchers for collecting rain water. Highly suspect.
And not jail people for speaking up.
When you want to get rid of regulations, this is what you get.
This radioactive sludge drinking water story is mostly a story of corrupt government. Putting your faith in government that is immune from prosecution and completely deaf to your complaints is a fool's errand.
$8,000 is not even a slap on the wrist! That is a heinous act of criminal negligence on the part of the county and state! And deliberate deception through misinformation by the developers! There are several very public occasions in this country alone where the government oversight of safety failed with terrible health results to the residents and their children. The residents here need to file a class action lawsuit against the developers and the government needs to step in and provide new housing for every household here! Greed raises its ugly head again, disgusting!,
Well said!👏👏👏
It ain't nothin'. Nothin' happened for a decade, and nothin'z gonna happen to any rich official now, either. No consequences means just what it states on the label, baby! 😂 Enjoy the sludge, suckahz! 🤣😂🤣
Yes!! Perfectly said
Against the county and the developers
People in charge need to go to prison.
The corruption that allowed this to happen is just as disgusting as that water! Makes me so mad that all of those people that had to deal with this so long!!
State wide people state wide 🤐😶🌫️😬🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Why? America has been this way its’ entire history.
America has most corruption. It's just not noticed till it's too late
@@user-kz1cc5nc3b you are wrong! Local politicians (all republicans) gave been in control for all of this time.
Its always the government officials who are the most disgusting, way worse than the dirty water itself. Jail time is a must
This is one of many reasons why private corporations should not be allowed to own water rights, and the government needs to be able to regulate and enforce accountability for these issues and take better care of their residents.
They need to check every water system all across the country, every county, every city, every potable system.
F-ing outrageous!!! Someone needs to go to prison! All of them, local, county , and state officials involved, need to go to prison!
The "special district [was] set up as a private for-profit company." Who owns this company that made a radioactive reservoir? Maybe we should talk to them in addition to the state government.
This is way more of a corporate greed issue than a government issue.
Regulators moved way too slow, but the developer intentionally broke the law to save money.
Not surprised that greed is behind this poisoning.
Is there fracking in the area? If so Bush Jr. Passed the laws about Fracking companies not having to disclose their secret formulas of chemicals pumped into the oil wells when fracking.
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The developers and the board members involved should all see the inside of a prison cell.
'Crunchy water" something I never thought I'd hate to hear
People need to be going to prison for this egregious oversight. There needs to be lawsuits holding monsters like this responsible for such a travesty!
This is disgusting. I can not believe the outright negligence. My heart goes out to the residents.
This isn’t “negligence”, it’s criminal at a minimum, and ppl should go to prison for this, as they knew what was there.
We never blame the corrupt private developers who ran the board causing the damage. It’s always regulators who are underfunded.
But if the regulators hadn’t taken the bribe it might not of happened
@@fk4515
You’re assuming the regulators have the staff or the capabilities to even test anything. A lot of states like to keep the government crippled so that business has the ability to innovate more quickly.
You might remember that phrase
Right on!
@@fk4515take a bribe, get defunded...same same. Act Local. Protect Your regional #Watersheds. Test your water. Be transparent.
That's exactly who we are blaming. The developers and their friends need jail time. That will solve problems more than any regulations.
Notice how nothing got done until the news expose was aired? This is why local news is so important. This is what news organizations are supposed to be doing. Holding people's feet to the fire and exposing corruption.
We have little investigative journalism in the past 20+ years to make government accountable, and essentially none at the state and federal level. There has been a similar capture of social media to censor individuals who would pick up the journalistic slack. Totalitarians always control the information. Do a quick search for Operation Mockingbird for details.
Anyone with cancer diagnoses or health issues within the past 2 decades needs to sue immediately
This whole municipality and every developer needs to be sued.
I listened to this broadcast 2x. They never mention the SOURCE of the contamination. I have to assume it is groundwater, not being piped in from somewhere... So if its groundwater, then the developers likely knew when they built the place and hoped that it would fall to local authorities. They got THEIR money then skipped town. The town or county then and the "water district" are then responsible and the state responsible for making sure it gets done legally and according to established water quality standards, and then, is maintained. This looks like rural working class, and apparently didn't have the influence to make enough waves to get this fixed. How long before Erin Brockovich arrives?
Radioactive!
"Don't blame us this time!"---PG&E
Exactly. The community likely sits on top of or near an old industrial or military dump. The best choice for their health is to get out immediately. And demand relocation expenses and future medical expenses. The news broadcast underreported the grave consequences of being exposed over a long period of time to such high levels of chemical and radioactive toxins. They likely have cancer and neurological issues in their future. My heart goes out to these people. And all those who conspired to hide the issues and who were negligent should have to pay dearly for this extreme environmental crime.
@@johnatyoutube This particular community is indeed built on top of the old Plutonium processing plants that were there back 70 or so years ago.
@@meatybtzWOW.
🤮 Crunchy water?!? Thank you Shaun Boyd, for covering this story 🙏
Any one found liable should be forced to use that toxic water for there entire prison sentence.
20 years!? I don’t know how you are so calm in reporting this. I would be more visibly infuriated.
Right! She said “radio active”! I would be livid, terrified for my family….calling a lawyer.
I’m sorry… did they say 20 years? I’d be on CNN after 2 weeks.
2 weeks ? As soon as I see the sludge im suing
CNN is more corrupt than you can imagine. All the media is. I can send you to 5 different sites that exposes this kind of corruption, but yt has keyword restrictions, so you have to find it on your own.
When money becomes more important then human life those in charge to change the situation need to resign.
20 years drinking radioactive water?! Absolutely devastating.
Somebody retired as all this went on. Maybe revocation of all benefits of those individuals. Jail time for those comfortably retired within that system.
#Clawback
@@HoneyBadger80886 In my fantasy world maybe the affected residents could swap houses with those that allowed this to happen, let them live the consequences
"We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"
People need to be put in prison for this.
We are watching! Thank you for the whistleblow on this.
WHAT? RADIOACTIVE!!!!
Chances are that no one with the County or the State will be held accountable for allowing this to happen for this long! This is a case of Flint Michigan all over again.
So you’re trying to find someone in the government to put in jail. How about the people who actually did this. Why don’t you have them at the top of your list.
@@neilkurzman4907the people in the government are the people who allowed it. But yes both people would be best
@@NostalgiaHDOS
So the people who commit the crime have no blame. But the government does. tell me, are you one of the people that complain about too much government regulation also?
@@neilkurzman4907 what does "both" mean to you?
@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 both the officials in the private company that caused this problem. And then government officials that did something wrong to allow it to continue. Remember, in some states it is considered good that the government doesn’t get involved in private industries. They want the government to be weak and ineffective. Sometimes they get exactly what they ask for.
It would be interesting to check the health records of the residents for the last 20 years
WTF!!!! How is this not on every channel, this is beyond ridiculous!
Flint, MI: _"We have lead in our drinking water."_
Prairie View Ranch: _"We have literal uranium sludge in our water."_
This is the kind of stuff that scares the crap outta me!!
I honestly don't know how anyone drinks water from the tap
Domestic terrorists
This is what happens when corruption is run unchecked.
It only took 20 years. Glad they’re looking out for us.
Decades ago, I lived in a town with ancient electric pumps that pumped water into the water towers. My understanding is that they had these lubricating systems for the motors with a container that held the lubricant, that ran down the shaft. The lubricant was mixing with the water, going up to the storage tower, and out to the public for consumption. The lubricant was supposed to be plant based. For who knows how many years (decades??), the employees who were tasked with refilling the lubricant containers were using the same *exact* oil that you put in your car’s engine. The guy in charge of purchasing was supplying it to them, knowing what they were doing with it. None of them claimed they knew it was mixing with the drinking water. An employee from an outside company discovered that there was a large layer of petroleum on the surface of the water in the tower. There were maybe 6 or 7 towers that had to be in the same condition. The water department quietly switched over to the proper lubricant and instituted a long overdue flushing program, which freaked out anyone paying attention. Some areas of town were worse than others. There was nasty water like in the video, as well as the “rainbow” effect from the oil. I have no idea if they ever got the system safe again. It was never shut down and kept hush-hush. Before that issue was discovered, it was common for people to wonder why there were such high rates of cancer in that town. Ignorance and idiocy abounded, just like with those running the water system in this video.
After reading some of the other comments under the video, I’d like to add that politics had absolutely nothing to do with the situation I described.
Thank you for sharing this. My heart goes out to the people unknowingly consuming this water, especially the children. It's a scary example of how the choices of a few irresponsible people and a system with apparently little oversight to catch issues like using the wrong lubricant. This kind of oversight can happen anywhere and likely does. Everyone should filter their water before drinking it because you never know what your water has traveled through on the way to your glass.
@@theQuietWire oversight? Try ignorance, negligence, and greed.
ב''ה, it turns out USA is too stupid to exist
There is no excuse to hide the facts of deplorable household water.
20 years?! This is freaking insane!!!
UNREAL!!!! REPLACE IT ALL AND THE RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHTS TO MAJOR COMPENSATION!!!!
20 years to clean up radioactive sludge?!! This is madness!
A huge lawsuit is already brewing.
After *ten* years? Lol... keep dreamin'. 😂 The wealthy have full control. They're free to do as they wish. No consequences. Even the "fines" are hilarious. I mean $8k is actually a George Carlin special, ya know? I could make that in a month selling my award-winning books! 😂🤣😂
developer will file for bankruptcy before it gets to court
It's too late. There's still 17 for profit prisons, from different states, built on this place. It used to be the site of the largest uranium mine in the US.
Should have been filed 18 years ago.
@@shadytreez who knew back then? This is newly found info isn't it?
Complaints since 2017 to me thats rights to sue. They did the appropriate steps. The State ignored it therefore should be held accountable compensating those that were affected.
Ridiculous, local corruption in municipalities is terrible.
only $8000 of fines for pumping radioactive water into people's homes?!? AND $1M missing?!? These are the criminals we need to get tough on.
Holy smokes, 40 micrograms to the liter Uranium content is high enough that they should consider using that well as an in-situ mine! They could literally sell the crude uranium on the market to pay for their system replacement. All they'd need is a ion exchange system and they would be in business.
Is that yellowcake ?
Yellow cake is the product of one of the earlier techniques to leach uranium out of the ore in situ, which was also used sometimes simply to process the ore. That's actually an interesting point. My question is that the leftover sludge from yellow cake production? How is it getting into the water system?
I'm really wondering was there an illegal dump there, and they figured they could make millions by simply neglecting to mention evidence of illegal dumping helped them get the land at a discount? After all nobody is going to notice, right? Except those eco-commies who are always exaggerating everything. Who needs to worry about heavy metals or radioactive waste in their water? Whiners!
The Thorium too - not sure if you caught that
How high is 40mcg/l uranium content compared to typical uranium mining operations?
At 40 mcg per liter you'd need 25,000,000 liters to get 1 kg, and that's if you could extract 100%. That sounds like a massive amount of water. About 10 Olympic size pools . Or 25,000 cubic meters of waterso not as much as I expected
Sometimes it takes journalists to get government to act... this is horrific!
this is a failing of Capitalism, and if we want a more responsive EPA then stop supporting representatives that want to gut the EPA.
This is we must support good journalists and the First Amendment. Journalism must remain one of the most important and protected professions in America.
Oh my goodness, radioactive! This is unconscionable that it happened and was never dealt with for almost 20 years.
I lived in Berlin Germany where the tap water is clean and tastes great (doesn't taste like chlorine). It's amazing that the US can't do the same
One could also think it very likely that the ground is also contaminated, have the residents been tested for elevated lead and radioactivity?
Keep digging on this story. Those residents deserve compensation and healthcare/monitoring for the rest of their lives that the government there needs to pay for.
It is amazing the level of apathy from the developers, the company, the county, and the state! Then they try washing their hands of any responsibility or consequences. Would love to see them try to wash their hands with that water!
Should be able to sue the state for the cost of every house. Some of these people should go to jail.
And who would have thought building residential houaes and prisons on top of uranium mines would hurt anyone?
What the mines were allowed to do to the water supply seems to be the biggest sin here. Rotsa rawsuits are coming, I bet.
Some Mr Burns type is somewhere saying, “Excellent.”
He's the presumptive Republican candidate for the presidency
Shame on the Gov officials. Charge them with crimes, and shame on locals news stations! You also let this go on for 20 years!
Sadly, government officials and employees are protected by immunity. If taxpayers sue and a judge doesn't throw out the case because of immunity from prosecution, their taxes are used to defend the government criminals. If government loses, no government employee goes to jail and the victims pay their own settlement and their taxes are increased. With immunity protecting government, the government crimes will continue to worsen.
Somebody let Erin Brockovich know about this!
One neighborhood in my city was experiencing ugly water. The water company said it was harmless rust from aging cast iron water mains, which would eventually be replaced according to the company's predetermined schedule. Legally mandated lab tests were not showing anything bad in the water. But residents were complaining, and attending city meetings, one carrying a large bottle of black water. The local news was reporting on it.
Then Erin Brockovich showed up. There wasn't a lawsuit, as far as I know, but suddenly the water company started replacing water mains in our area, ahead of schedule.
Same thing is happening in the city water of Charleston and surrounding areas in West Virginia. They are telling us it's nothing to worry about. But it causes black sludge on the water faucets and is nasty!
Get it analyzed...
Attorneys should have been hired years ago !!!
You think they haven't been hired before..... They absolutely have..... It just started finally reached national media.
That's a very good notice to the public!
This is unbelievable! 😮
We once again see profit over people...the love of money is the root of all evil, and the illness of the neglected people. Without the response from the AG, it makes me wonder if they knew about this issue already and have ignored it ahead of time. Who do you turn to from here but the federal court if the state is not properly helping?
No one. Unless you're rich. If you're wealthy, you can get something done. But if you're not, then you lose. No exceptions.
These politicians get paid by these companies- kickbacks- to slow or stop the right processes.
These places often become superfund sites
Fines???!!! SMH I'd team up with all the homeowners and sue the hell out of the home developers, the city and the state for failing there citizens!!!
This is America as a whole
Holy moly, radioactive sludge is insane!!!
I hate corruption at any level! I hope those responsible are held to account and have a miserable life! 😮
Profit over protection
Our legal and political system is designed to protect corporations and capital. Commoners are just a commodity that can be easily replaced.
@@rustyshackle917 Supply and demand. 😂 Ai and robots around the corner.
Which is a problem @@rustyshackle917
RADIOACTIVE?!?! WTF?!?! WOW!! literally took my breath away! and 20 Years??! HOW?!?! 200 notices... every single part of the system failed at every level... this is almost unbelievable!!!! the details of this will make one hell of a script in the future I'm sure....
Did y'all see what happened in Iowa? 68 miles of river all the fish dead. The fine was 25,000. Wtf a major corporation.
This is corruption at the top. And there's some people that need to suffer some consequences for lack of performing their duties to the tax paying American citizen. They have forgotten that they are public servants. Maybe we need to set up oversight committees
Sounds like Love Canal all over again. This is why the EPA was created and why we have regulations. Who dropped the ball here? Sounds like the State of Colorado since they knew about it since the early 2000s about the violations. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Where's the sludge coming from? Where's the source of the water? Is it contaminated? Is there a dumping ground somewhere nearby?
Uranium mines. Our bombs and depleted uranium bullets. After that... Nuclear power.
It's likely just natural contamination already existing underground. This is why you have to be careful when you drill a ground water well because you don't know what's underground until you start pumping it.
Lol the EPA blew an old gold mine a few years back and polluted the Animas river with arsenic and other heavy metals.
The epa too worried about my exhaust
The EPA is too busy policing ditches and puddles.
Thanks for the information.
State should be held responsible
The people that worked for the state, at the time this happened, should be held responsible. Otherwise it's just the people paying for it. The commissioners, board members & developers should be held personally responsible!
@@hisomebodytrackingmuch1309
Never going to happen!
You mean the taxpayer the state is just a group of maintenance workers for the public property the state Owens nothing it is all owned by the taxpayer you should be more careful about the employees you higher and learn how to fire those employees when they fail to do their job
No, the republican politicians and administrators who ok-ed and over-saw, then mismanaged this water system need to be held responsible - and the fools who voted for and supported them - that would be 70% of the voting public. They got what they voted for.
What about the private for profit water company. Maybe the people who ran that should be your first target. Why is your first target target always the government not the people who actually did the crime.
camp Lejune HERE WE GO AGAIN
Camp Lejeune's water wasn't anywhere near as cancerous as this uranium sludge. These people are in real trouble.
The old "someone's poisoned the waterhole" trick...
This is unforgivable!
The Commissioners should be held accountable
I'm glad that's in Colorado not over here on the eastern coast
These agencies should be in prison for crimes against humanity.
Very very long prison sentences
If this has been going on for 20 years that community needs more than clean water.
They need an entirely new government. If they don't get it it's their own fault.
Their voters voted for this. See no evil, hear no evil, say no evil.
Consistently vote in republicans by a 70/30 margin.
@@isitrachelorj3953 who gutted the EPA regulations under trump.
But now thier minds are too polluted to think clearly
@@isitrachelorj3953
They need the freedom to innovate
The question is where did all this toxic material come from probably from a legacy company like 3M or or some government agency or Dupont or something like that who will never be held accountable
In some areas the ground water is terrible and needs a lot of treatment. And yes, that can include uranium and other nasties. That doesn't excuse anyone here. Just sayin that sometimes the source is natural. Still terrible that they let this go on so long. That was evil.
The ground water and the geology of this region play a big role in the good vs bad water in this area.
Trucking companies gets paid to haul it off , but if they can find somewhere to dump it , and get back quicker they do it all the time.... Most times they try to dump where it runs over the hill into the river.... ? Or out in the mountains or the deserts.... ?
@@Rick-qf5de
Yup. Years ago I caught a honey wagon dumping in a local creek….some ppl will do anything due to greed.
Colorado has the third largest uranium deposit in the continental states. Pretty sure this is built over top or near a mine. Readings are taken at the surface and nobody worries about what's happening underneath.
Great reporting
This is enraging!
Imagine... a conservative district hasn't bothered to respond to a health emergency among their contiuents, because those contracts for development were making them money.
Hahahaha well said
Very well said, Morgan Co has voted 70% Republican forever.
Curious how you think this is on the people of Morgan county, they didn’t know the full extent until a few years ago.
@@akgg5086 it was first reported to the county 20 years ago.
@@akgg5086 also... I did not say it was on the people of Morgan County. I'm pointing fingers at the elected ones that make the decisions.
You can't tell me that it's been going on for 20 years and say that they didn't know. I'm glad the residents had sent emails for proof, but I already knew they were lying.
I can't help but wonder how many of those people are sick, or will become sick, due to what they've been exposed to. What a horrible thing to have to go through.
Qualified immunity. No one in government that rubber stamped things will be held accountable.
Thank you for identifying the problem. It was disgusting to see so many comments calling for more government, and more government funding. This problem happened because of corrupt unaccountable government.
We can spare trillions for wars,but not a million for water?
different pots of money. This is a local issue that should have been overseen by the state.
We can damn well afford both.
But the rich just need to "Eat less Avocado Toast."
Don’t forget the 2.5 trillion trump gave away to the Uber rich and companies in tax relief.
At what point in your life did you decide the federal government should be responsible for paying for local government. That’s not the way the United States works.
If the state has a problem, then the state should come up with the money. Don’t complain about states rights and then beg the government for money for local issues.
@@neilkurzman4907 well said. Sad it will be lost on many less educated. Tks.
Wow this is nuts! How many people have gotten sick from this disgusting lack of action??