What Is The 2015 Gold King Mine Waste Water Spill?

Finally, the Elwha dam was removed in 2012 again for similar reasons as the previous dams. An additional reason for the Elwha removal was the dam’s dangerous materials, PCBs and asbestos [3], polluting the surrounding area, the cost to remove and rebuild the dangerous materials was astronomical compared to the economic and environmental benefits of removing it. The dam was drained in a slow controlled fashion similar to Glines Canyon, and the original flow channels were even restored. This resulted in salmon population restoration, and more biodiversity in the river system that spread to the

To sum it up, if Congress does not vote to end fracking in New York State we are all subject to this contaminated water. The fracking companies are literally knocking on doors and asking homeowners along with people in the community to lease their property to install these wells and pump these chemicals into the ground so I have a partition layed out in the back so that You can help and join the fight by signing petitions to ensure NYS Congress fights to stop fracking on our turf also To see the validity of this contaminated water, I urge you to check out the movie “Gasland” as well as YouTube videos of running water from kitchen sinks being lit on fire.

The tar creek mining site originally was owned by a Native American tribe, the Quapaw. The Quapaw wanted to keep these lands, but the Bureau of Indian Affairs deemed members opposing a transaction to mining companies “incompetent” (1). In such a case the business could continue and the Bureau of Indian Affairs sold the lands to mining companies. In essence these lands were stolen from the Quapaw because they were ripe for mining. These mines were then used from approximately 1891 to 1970. In the 79 years the mines were open 1.7 million metric tons (~3.75 billion pounds) of lead and 8.8 million metric tons (~19.4 billion pounds) of zinc were withdrawn from the mine (2). The entire area around Tar Creek is known as the tri-state mining

However, the dams were of faulty construction. Dam number one which caused the flooding was constructed of coarse mining refuse that Pittston had dumped into the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek starting in 1968. This dam failed first on the heels of heavy rains. The water from Dam number three then took out dams number two and then number one. Dam number three had simply

Communities that was adjacent to Buffalo Creek. When operation of the mine commenced in 1945 the practice dumping of slurry or coal mining waste into the hollow also began. Coal companies who operated upstream of the communities dammed Buffalo Creek to facilitate mining operations, which created an earth dam that held back 130 million gallons of water and coal waste. On average, a thousand tons of slurry had to be dumped every day. Although there were many complaints about the safety of the coal company and its regulation of the Buffalo Creek site, nothing was ever done to improve the dam’s conditions. The Buffalo Creek project had three earth dams ranging in

|collapsed in the Buffalo Creek Valley. Over 130 million gallons of water and waste material devastated Buffalo Creek's sixteen |

The yuckiness of it eventually helped convince the town that they should join the rest of the city. The waterworks were replaced with a brand new pumping station right around the same time this photo was taken, and then later expanded. It's still there now, designated as a heritage site and used to control the entire freaking water system for the whole entire freaking

The Cooleemee Dam is located near the town of Cooleemee and in between Davie and Rowan Counties. Below the Cooleemee Dam it is named the Cooleemee and there is a Riverpark named The Bullhole. Although there is a very interesting riverpark in Cooleemee residents are worried that the dam uses 95 percent of the river water and this leads to the riverbed being almost entirely dry. In the lower part of this basin there is the Tuckertown Reservoir this is located in the Rowan County. Just below Tuckertown is the second largest Reservoir on the river which is the Badin Lake. In the lake there is an Alcoa Facility and they are a big consumer of electricity and they also pollute a large amount of the

(Erikson p. 25) The Buffalo Coal Company decided to stack this waste at the top of the mountains which after a while created a dam. This "sludge water" was dumped in nearby lakes which they stopped because this water would end up in the streams that lead to the town. They then disposed of the water behind the dam which held up to over 130 million gallons of waste. There was a non-stop rain plaguing this area throughout the whole month of February. This rain continued to fill this dam, and on February 26, 1972 that dam collapsed causing this valley to fill with slag water. Residents explained hearing explosions and it feeling like an earthquake as the flood began. In only a few hours most of Buffalo Creek had been washed away into the Guyandotte River. After most of the water left the scene could be described as something out of a war movie; wreckage, bodies lying everywhere. The Buffalo Creek government creates aid for survivors of this disaster by offering trailer homes and other relief processes. The book has a lot of witness accounts what it was like actually going through this. I found out that The Environmental Protection Agency was enacted in 1970 and by this time the Buffalo Mining Company had already been dumping their sludge and waste water

Few issues have recently gotten as much attention as the energy extraction activities involving a controversial procedure called "fracking." As reports of drinking water becoming tainted with fracking fluid flood the news, both oil and gas companies as well as environmental groups are presenting competing "facts" about the effects of drilling on ground water.

there the EPA issued a compliance order, which the Sacketts had illegally placed the fill material

The Pike River Mining Disaster wasn’t predicted and therefore led to unplanned changes in the Greymouth community and Pike River Mine Ltd.

On NBC Bay Area news, Four were arrested for vandalising the Bay Area dam that caused the loss of 50 million gallons of water. They slashed the inflatable dam which send millions of gallons of water into the San Francisco Bay. This cost $1 million in damage and it worsened California because of its drought. The vandalism happened on May 21, after a six month investigation, the four men were arrested under the suspicion.

Most athletes are most likely up to date with the 2016 Olympics occurring in Rio right now, but are they really up to date with the environmental conditions there? Rio is dealing with a major environmental problem known as water contamination. This is an important topic because it proves to be dangerous to the health and well - being of many people. Throughout this paper I will argue to the readers that Rio’s water contamination problem has been linked to illnesses, hindering the water events in the Olympics, and the waste of money.

The movie Erin Brockovich is based on actual events that took place in Hinkley California, which is a small town that was effected (and continues to be effected) by the highly toxic pollutant, "hexavalent chromium" also known as "chromium 6". This toxic pollutant leaked into the drinking water used by the residents in the small town. This leakage occurred as the result of routine operations from a plant owned by the company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Hexavalent chromium was an additive used by the company PG&E for rust prevention in their water cooling systems. The company would dump waste water containing hexavalent chromium into nearby ponds that were not lined, which then infiltrated the local water supply. The "dumping" occurred many years before the law suit however the company failed to tell the local water board of the contamination until years later and then covered their previous and continued knowledge of the pollution.