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 Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 4:00 pm |
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| rsterne |
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We are in the middle of an major spill in the Tulameen River which runs through Coalmont.... It appears to be a black mixture of what is likely coal dust mixed with water, and is flowing out of a gully called Collins Gulch, not far upstream of Coalmont....
There is an active Coal Mine at the top of that gully, and the black water is entering the Tulameen River and has turned it black as well....
Our normally pristine river is now a black mess, and as we all use wells that draw on the aquifer in the river gravels in our valley, we are quite concerned.... So far, Coalmont Energy Corp., the owners of the mine, have made no announcement of the cause, the dangers, or anything else.... Fortunately, our tap water is still crystal clear....
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| Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 2:24 am |
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| oddtodd |
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| Did the coal mine ever fess up to this? Has anyone called the local environmental protection? I'd start making some phone calls if I were you Bob. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:12 am |
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| Alstone |
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Do you have anything like the UK’s Environment Agency they are the first in there when any possibility of pollution?
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| Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:39 am |
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| rsterne |
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Yes, similar.... The evaluation process is nearly complete and recommendations should be coming shortly about what (if anything) will be done about cleanup.... My guess is that the winter freeze-up followed by next springs runoff will be allowed to do the job....
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| Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:52 am |
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| Is the river looking any better Bob? Can you post new pics of it? |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:28 am |
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| rsterne |
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It doesn't "look" much better from a distance, but the water has been running clear for over a week.... it's just the black sediment on the bottom....
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