Before and after courtesy of the EPA

There was a terrible spill, I don't know the specifics, but it was a tragedy.

The EPA accidently released millions of gallons of waste water into the Colorado River this month. That's what happened here.

EWW. How do you accidentally do that?

They opened a mine that had been closed for decades, all that waste that accumulated over the years was released in the river when they opened, thus the "accidentally". The cocktail of metals and minerals in the contaminated water was enough to create this huge mess. The farms that use the water for their crops cannot touch it, so that's another problem.

I think guest 1 is asking how did the EPA do this?

thanks guest! i was wondering what EPA is :)