River in Colorado reopens as toxic plume reaches Lake Powell

Friday, August 14, 2015 - 19:00 in Earth & Climate

A river in Colorado that was turned sickly yellow by a mine waste spill reopened Friday after the now-diluted toxic plume passed through and reached Lake Powell—a huge reservoir 300 miles downstream that feeds the Colorado River and supplies water to the Southwest.

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