Re: [CDT-L] water

On Mon, 06 Mar 2000 09:18:45 PST "David Patterson" <wr_ddp@hotmail.com>
writes:
> Jim & Ginny,
> 
> Your comments regarding water on the CDT are true. 
> Keep in mind water in CO is sometimes polluted from mining too. In 
> fact 
> there are entire rivers that are "dead" because of leach ponds that 
> were 
> breached and-or leaked into nearby streams. Use common sense: if 
> there are 
> tailings above the source then it's likely contaminated. Also, if 
> the water 
> is red or severely discolored you probably don't want to attempt 
> drinking 
> it.

Trouble is, it's hard to know where the mines are sometimes. The only one
we ran into like that that was obvious was in Wyoming, where Mineral X
Road meets highway 287.  The willows were all dead along the stream. 
Don't know what was in it - but that screamed danger to me!  

Ginny


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