EPA Update About the Gold King Mine Sludge Repository

  • The Bonita Peak repository October 2023. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos
    The Bonita Peak repository October 2023. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos
  • Silverton’s new gladiator pits? No, a close-up of the Bonita Peak repositor
    Silverton’s new gladiator pits? No, a close-up of the Bonita Peak repositor
  • The water treatment plant in Gladstone Aug 1, 2023.
    The water treatment plant in Gladstone Aug 1, 2023.
The Environmental Protection Agency recently gave a brief update on the status of the repository for the Gold King mine waste, aka “sludge,” being produced and mitigated out in Gladstone ever since the Gold King Mine incident in 2015. So now we are just over eight years later, and the EPA is still harvesting and creating a dry-out area for the acid mine wastewater that has been coming out of the…

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