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Water Quality in NW Colorado: Is it the Pits? - The Colorado Independent
Mud and chemicals discharged from five waste pits at drilling sites on the Roan Plateau are seeping into the Parachute Creek watershed. With snowmelt expected to be above normal this year, experts fear that similar pits throughout the northwest corner of the state may also overflow this spring, possibly threatening water supplies throughout the region. […]
Leslie Robinson