This should be national news.

@PK-pp3lu

Ай бұрын

Plenty of things should, and if they are, it doesn't last long when it stops getting clicks, Maui fire, Ohio chemical leak, etc.

@skreign

29 күн бұрын

Bad look for the dems

@Zeevuhl

29 күн бұрын

@@skreignI too can't stop thinking about Dems we should charge them rent!!!🙏😓🙏🇺🇸

@dickfitswell3437

29 күн бұрын

Come on. This is msm. Its all corrupt. They take orders from above. Every single news station gets a pre planned script with clips and words to read. They are allowed a small bit of time for "LOCAL" stories like this. That's why there are compilations of a day of news being covered by 30 different cities all reading the same exact story. Its scripted.

@dickfitswell3437

29 күн бұрын

​@@skreigneveryone needs to vote the blue ONES OUT

"Only when the last tree is cut down and the last river polluted will you realize you can't eat money".

@latymz

Ай бұрын

I’ve been saying the exact same thing. It’s sad as it is disgusting.

@barbarabellows9138

29 күн бұрын

A warning to us from our Native peoples. We did not listen cause money.

@ivd4154

29 күн бұрын

If billionaires think they can pay to get the last remaining food in the world which is grown by the poorest people in the world...😂

@JeepCherokeeful

28 күн бұрын

Who is supposed to enforce the laws…? The “evil” capitalists?

@JeepCherokeeful

28 күн бұрын

@@ivd4154you didn’t even watch the report

For the low price of 8000 dollars in fines you can poison an entire community?? Sounds like a bargain

@Barskor1

28 күн бұрын

It is the EPA way.

@ChicoTheMan69

28 күн бұрын

Just cost of doing business.

@JRoseBooks

18 күн бұрын

Exactly. That’s how corporations think about it. 😢

This is a class action lawsuit. It is foresure cancer-causing.

@theurbanthirdhomestead

24 күн бұрын

You don't get it. We are in hell. The devil gon find another way to poison us.

@hobknob1437

21 күн бұрын

So is most of the "affordable" food and drink.

@saburiX

18 күн бұрын

It's the fracking.

@kk4649k

17 күн бұрын

They said it’s radioactive. I’m pretty sure that’s cancer causing. 🤷‍♂️

$8000? Are you kidding me? Ever person involved in anyway should be in prison

@dr.jamesolack8504

Ай бұрын

Putting people in prison does NOT address the issue.

@sarahm.5356

Ай бұрын

It absolutely addresses the issue as a deterrent to other officials being as negligent and corrupt.

@jamesfields7

Ай бұрын

@@dr.jamesolack8504 it addresses future issues like this quite effectively if someone knows they'll go to prison

@SKuLLxKruSHeR

Ай бұрын

@@dr.jamesolack8504 Why not?

@Novastar.SaberCombat

Ай бұрын

Those with coin, connections, crews, clout, computer code, control, corrupt cronies, and shady opportunities can do anything they wish. Anything. And $8000 ain't NOTHIN', LOL! 😂🤣😂 That would barely tickle any given group of crim-crimz runnin' shady rackets, hahah. Radioactive water seems like a good profit-to-fines ratio; people should consider getting involved. The ROI obviously outweighs the fines, LMAO! 😈

This stinks of corruption from the bottom to the top.

@andywomack3414

Ай бұрын

Developers have a great deal of local political power. Isn't money speech? Don't they have the right to use their money to influence policy and it's enforcement?

@a.j.9727

Ай бұрын

And I wonder what kind of water the commissioner and his kids are drinking...

@archmdc370

Ай бұрын

I'll give you a hint. It's not black in color. Probably reverse osmosis. ​@@a.j.9727

@PerspectiveEngineer

Ай бұрын

Good$$$$$

@scottprather5645

Ай бұрын

Decisions aren't made from the bottom to the top they're made from the top to the bottom those are the people who are responsible.

excuse me? for 20 years???? y'all quick to tell me my trashcan cant be by the fence though. lmao

@cheesecakefan4880

22 күн бұрын

Exactly They regulate us to death but developers are free to do whatever they want. Sounds like a payoff occured .

If they were knowingly providing RADIOACTIVE WATER as DRINKING WATER to residents, there needs to be criminal charges. The water is essentially poison.

@saburiX

18 күн бұрын

Fracking.

As a manager of a water system, this disgusts me at a level that most will not understand. Absolutely disgraceful

@TimeSurfer206

Ай бұрын

I feel your pain, Fam.

@Deletedcommentfactory

Ай бұрын

Crunchy water is never a good thing to hear.

@bhambhole

Ай бұрын

As a manager of a sludge factory, it upsets me too! 😡

@danielgriffin8132

Ай бұрын

$8000.00 in fines $8000.00 is nothing nowadays

@Novastar.SaberCombat

Ай бұрын

It ain't nothin'. Radioactive water is perfectly safe. Money is all that matters. Just be rich! 🙂 If you're rich, you can drink whatever you like. If you're not wealthy, then enjoy the sludge. But it's fine. It's safe. Radioactive materials only exist in movies.

and when the cancer starts showing up? People should be going to prison over this!

@HoneyBadger80886

Ай бұрын

Lol. Tragic laughter. There's Billboards along the highway offering said Cancer assistance. Humans poisoned. All ages. Mostly Indigenous and PoC. Speculators Not Welcome

@MojaveWrangler77

Ай бұрын

What about all the processed poisons in colorful boxes on the store shelves? Those unnatural products cause cancer as well

@skankhunt3624

Ай бұрын

​@@MojaveWrangler77are you defending the corruption?

@everlastinglife5978

Ай бұрын

And cancer is genetic, it's passed on from one generation to the next. These criminals have caused suffering for people not even born yet.

@johnsteel5347

Ай бұрын

Which cigarette caused the cancer?

I’m not a reporter but if I were one and was doing a story about radioactive sludge in peoples drinking water I might ask where it comes from. Wow

@amonraphoenix

24 күн бұрын

It’s either one of two things: A naturally occurring deposit of Uranium. As uranium breaks down it makes thorium and then radium. Lead 210 occurs naturally in these deposit. There probably wasn’t enough of any of the elements to mine for it. So they covered up the results that the land is radioactive to sell it expensively to developers. The other possibility is it’s an illegal dump site for radioactive materials and toxic waste before being sold to developers. Personally I’m thinking it’s a natural deposit that leached into the water system.

@_MaxHeadroom_

24 күн бұрын

Uranium can be found in Colorado's drinking water because it's naturally present in granite formations, which are common in the state's foothills. They still should have asked the question or say that it's from natural sources

@happytrails5342

7 күн бұрын

It doesn't form a sludge ​@@amonraphoenix

This is one of many reasons why private corporations should not be allowed to own water rights, and the government needs to be able to regulate and enforce accountability for these issues and take better care of their residents.

So residents have been complaining about this for years….and nothing was being done…and this stuff is Radioactive..it’s not just dirty water? Whoever wasn’t doing anything about this water should be held accountable for poisoning the people with radioactive water. People will end up dying because of this…whether they drank it or showered in it or washed dishes in it….they have been put in danger.

@HoneyBadger80886

Ай бұрын

#Clawback

@loris3595

Ай бұрын

The land is probably radioactive there.

@journeybrook9357

Ай бұрын

I live in a city and you complain they try to label you mental. I and 5 others complained in one neighbor. Well from recei construction there was a break in the pipe. How was it discovered. Jump inwater usage and water bubbling up threw the ground down the street.

@snowmiaow

Ай бұрын

Would like to know more about that

@pinkyssj4

Ай бұрын

There should be follow up to this story, years from now, these residents will have health issues due to the sludge. Cancer.

Hey Flint, hold my beer. -PVR

@JT-fq2bl

Ай бұрын

This county have single handly outdid Jackson,MS and Newark, NJ too.

@HoneyBadger80886

Ай бұрын

#Radioactive is a whole Other kind of bad.

@Polocruz81

Ай бұрын

😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨1🤦🤦🤦🤦🧘🤦🧘

@franny5295

Ай бұрын

Honestly, jeez...

@Mike-rg3oj

Ай бұрын

Wow ☢️ radioactive!!!??

It's RADIOACTIVE and they only get a few thousand dollar fine??? SERIOUSLY?

This is why not only need government oversight, but it must be transparent and enforced! Perpetrators must face severe penalties, not just money but jail time. This is disgusting.

@Xfacter

28 күн бұрын

Government oversight apparently comes with corruption built in as you can see here. No, the people just need to band together outside of government and replace laws with common sense laws that respect the bill of rights entirely. Then we can have the best of both worlds where oversight is not needed for lets say Jim who builds his house out in the country for himself. If Jim wants to hurt himself thats on Jim. But John building the highrise sky scraper can get audited by trustworthy engineers so that people are protected. Everyone wins. What won't work is feeding the beast that rules this place. Trust me they don't care no matter what moral act they put on, just look at what happened here. Why isn't the EPA having a coniption? But they want to get on ranchers for collecting rain water. Highly suspect.

@wendiewgoetz9183

22 күн бұрын

And not jail people for speaking up.

@mgardner70

20 күн бұрын

When you want to get rid of regulations, this is what you get.

@Liberty4Ever

17 күн бұрын

This radioactive sludge drinking water story is mostly a story of corrupt government. Putting your faith in government that is immune from prosecution and completely deaf to your complaints is a fool's errand.

The fine is missing a couple zeros at the end, and the developer should be barred from any further business in the State.. at a minimum. Absolutely ridiculous

@crystalthunderheart8895

Ай бұрын

At any state

@rhiannablumberg4803

Ай бұрын

said the same thing!!!! but my seething rant def not as consice lmao!!!

@dudetapedtoafridge3073

28 күн бұрын

I just wanna know how the f$ck it's radioactive? Not just dirty but literally emitting ionizing radiation wtf

@crystalthunderheart8895

27 күн бұрын

@@dudetapedtoafridge3073 I think they said it was from the metals itself. Some rocks and metals just naturally emit that

The corruption that allowed this to happen is just as disgusting as that water! Makes me so mad that all of those people that had to deal with this so long!!

@user-kz1cc5nc3b

Ай бұрын

State wide people state wide 🤐😶‍🌫️😬🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

@greatsol2444

Ай бұрын

Why? America has been this way its’ entire history.

@Bakedea87

Ай бұрын

America has most corruption. It's just not noticed till it's too late

@isitrachelorj3953

Ай бұрын

@@user-kz1cc5nc3b you are wrong! Local politicians (all republicans) gave been in control for all of this time.

@kenalv

Ай бұрын

Its always the government officials who are the most disgusting, way worse than the dirty water itself. Jail time is a must

They need to check every water system all across the country, every county, every city, every potable system.

'Crunchy water" something I never thought I'd hate to hear

$8,000 is not even a slap on the wrist! That is a heinous act of criminal negligence on the part of the county and state! And deliberate deception through misinformation by the developers! There are several very public occasions in this country alone where the government oversight of safety failed with terrible health results to the residents and their children. The residents here need to file a class action lawsuit against the developers and the government needs to step in and provide new housing for every household here! Greed raises its ugly head again, disgusting!,

@annahgibbus8

Ай бұрын

Well said!👏👏👏

@Novastar.SaberCombat

Ай бұрын

It ain't nothin'. Nothin' happened for a decade, and nothin'z gonna happen to any rich official now, either. No consequences means just what it states on the label, baby! 😂 Enjoy the sludge, suckahz! 🤣😂🤣

@Carmen4ever

Ай бұрын

Yes!! Perfectly said

@shawndykes1140

29 күн бұрын

Against the county and the developers

@greenthumb8266

28 күн бұрын

People in charge need to go to prison.

This is disgusting. I can not believe the outright negligence. My heart goes out to the residents.

@choccolocco

Ай бұрын

This isn’t “negligence”, it’s criminal at a minimum, and ppl should go to prison for this, as they knew what was there.

Notice how nothing got done until the news expose was aired? This is why local news is so important. This is what news organizations are supposed to be doing. Holding people's feet to the fire and exposing corruption.

@Liberty4Ever

16 күн бұрын

We have little investigative journalism in the past 20+ years to make government accountable, and essentially none at the state and federal level. There has been a similar capture of social media to censor individuals who would pick up the journalistic slack. Totalitarians always control the information. Do a quick search for Operation Mockingbird for details.

WTF!!!! How is this not on every channel, this is beyond ridiculous!

The "special district [was] set up as a private for-profit company." Who owns this company that made a radioactive reservoir? Maybe we should talk to them in addition to the state government.

@HKim0072

Ай бұрын

This is way more of a corporate greed issue than a government issue. Regulators moved way too slow, but the developer intentionally broke the law to save money.

@JosedeJezeus

Ай бұрын

Not surprised that greed is behind this poisoning.

@jackdavidson6813

Ай бұрын

Is there fracking in the area? If so Bush Jr. Passed the laws about Fracking companies not having to disclose their secret formulas of chemicals pumped into the oil wells when fracking.

@user-pg4ue7nh1j

Ай бұрын

😢😮by ​@@JosedeJezeus

@brackpin

Ай бұрын

The developers and the board members involved should all see the inside of a prison cell.

F-ing outrageous!!! Someone needs to go to prison! All of them, local, county , and state officials involved, need to go to prison!

🤮 Crunchy water?!? Thank you Shaun Boyd, for covering this story 🙏

People need to be going to prison for this egregious oversight. There needs to be lawsuits holding monsters like this responsible for such a travesty!

I listened to this broadcast 2x. They never mention the SOURCE of the contamination. I have to assume it is groundwater, not being piped in from somewhere... So if its groundwater, then the developers likely knew when they built the place and hoped that it would fall to local authorities. They got THEIR money then skipped town. The town or county then and the "water district" are then responsible and the state responsible for making sure it gets done legally and according to established water quality standards, and then, is maintained. This looks like rural working class, and apparently didn't have the influence to make enough waves to get this fixed. How long before Erin Brockovich arrives?

@ronzombie6541

Ай бұрын

Radioactive!

@dr.awkward9075

Ай бұрын

"Don't blame us this time!"---PG&E

@johnatyoutube

Ай бұрын

Exactly. The community likely sits on top of or near an old industrial or military dump. The best choice for their health is to get out immediately. And demand relocation expenses and future medical expenses. The news broadcast underreported the grave consequences of being exposed over a long period of time to such high levels of chemical and radioactive toxins. They likely have cancer and neurological issues in their future. My heart goes out to these people. And all those who conspired to hide the issues and who were negligent should have to pay dearly for this extreme environmental crime.

@meatybtz

Ай бұрын

@@johnatyoutube This particular community is indeed built on top of the old Plutonium processing plants that were there back 70 or so years ago.

@sky.the.infinite

Ай бұрын

@@meatybtzWOW.

We never blame the corrupt private developers who ran the board causing the damage. It’s always regulators who are underfunded.

@fk4515

Ай бұрын

But if the regulators hadn’t taken the bribe it might not of happened

@neilkurzman4907

Ай бұрын

@@fk4515 You’re assuming the regulators have the staff or the capabilities to even test anything. A lot of states like to keep the government crippled so that business has the ability to innovate more quickly. You might remember that phrase

@eleanormattice3598

Ай бұрын

Right on!

@HoneyBadger80886

Ай бұрын

​@@fk4515take a bribe, get defunded...same same. Act Local. Protect Your regional #Watersheds. Test your water. Be transparent.

@everlastinglife5978

Ай бұрын

That's exactly who we are blaming. The developers and their friends need jail time. That will solve problems more than any regulations.

Anyone with cancer diagnoses or health issues within the past 2 decades needs to sue immediately

When money becomes more important then human life those in charge to change the situation need to resign.

20 years!? I don’t know how you are so calm in reporting this. I would be more visibly infuriated.

@nameisprivate5429

Ай бұрын

Right! She said “radio active”! I would be livid, terrified for my family….calling a lawyer.

This whole municipality and every developer needs to be sued.

20 years drinking radioactive water?! Absolutely devastating.

Any one found liable should be forced to use that toxic water for there entire prison sentence.

Somebody retired as all this went on. Maybe revocation of all benefits of those individuals. Jail time for those comfortably retired within that system.

@HoneyBadger80886

Ай бұрын

#Clawback

@seandonahue8464

Ай бұрын

@@HoneyBadger80886 In my fantasy world maybe the affected residents could swap houses with those that allowed this to happen, let them live the consequences

I’m sorry… did they say 20 years? I’d be on CNN after 2 weeks.

@CyrusTheVirus187

Ай бұрын

2 weeks ? As soon as I see the sludge im suing

@seeDiersoilcrossrowds

29 күн бұрын

CNN is more corrupt than you can imagine. All the media is. I can send you to 5 different sites that exposes this kind of corruption, but yt has keyword restrictions, so you have to find it on your own.

People need to be put in prison for this.

We are watching! Thank you for the whistleblow on this.

WHAT? RADIOACTIVE!!!!

Flint, MI: _"We have lead in our drinking water."_ Prairie View Ranch: _"We have literal uranium sludge in our water."_

It would be interesting to check the health records of the residents for the last 20 years

This is what happens when corruption is run unchecked.

"We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"

Chances are that no one with the County or the State will be held accountable for allowing this to happen for this long! This is a case of Flint Michigan all over again.

@neilkurzman4907

Ай бұрын

So you’re trying to find someone in the government to put in jail. How about the people who actually did this. Why don’t you have them at the top of your list.

@NostalgiaHDOS

Ай бұрын

@@neilkurzman4907the people in the government are the people who allowed it. But yes both people would be best

@neilkurzman4907

Ай бұрын

@@NostalgiaHDOS So the people who commit the crime have no blame. But the government does. tell me, are you one of the people that complain about too much government regulation also?

@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648

Ай бұрын

@@neilkurzman4907 what does "both" mean to you?

@neilkurzman4907

Ай бұрын

@@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 both the officials in the private company that caused this problem. And then government officials that did something wrong to allow it to continue. Remember, in some states it is considered good that the government doesn’t get involved in private industries. They want the government to be weak and ineffective. Sometimes they get exactly what they ask for.

It only took 20 years. Glad they’re looking out for us.

UNREAL!!!! REPLACE IT ALL AND THE RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHTS TO MAJOR COMPENSATION!!!!

20 years?! This is freaking insane!!!

This is the kind of stuff that scares the crap outta me!!

@leilanibenjamin3602

Ай бұрын

I honestly don't know how anyone drinks water from the tap

@BabsKaz

28 күн бұрын

Domestic terrorists

Oh my goodness, radioactive! This is unconscionable that it happened and was never dealt with for almost 20 years.

only $8000 of fines for pumping radioactive water into people's homes?!? AND $1M missing?!? These are the criminals we need to get tough on.

We can spare trillions for wars,but not a million for water?

@tangojuli209

Ай бұрын

different pots of money. This is a local issue that should have been overseen by the state.

@TimeSurfer206

Ай бұрын

We can damn well afford both. But the rich just need to "Eat less Avocado Toast."

@hammer-r

Ай бұрын

Don’t forget the 2.5 trillion trump gave away to the Uber rich and companies in tax relief.

@neilkurzman4907

Ай бұрын

At what point in your life did you decide the federal government should be responsible for paying for local government. That’s not the way the United States works. If the state has a problem, then the state should come up with the money. Don’t complain about states rights and then beg the government for money for local issues.

@hammer-r

Ай бұрын

@@neilkurzman4907 well said. Sad it will be lost on many less educated. Tks.

A huge lawsuit is already brewing.

@Novastar.SaberCombat

Ай бұрын

After *ten* years? Lol... keep dreamin'. 😂 The wealthy have full control. They're free to do as they wish. No consequences. Even the "fines" are hilarious. I mean $8k is actually a George Carlin special, ya know? I could make that in a month selling my award-winning books! 😂🤣😂

@justayoutuber1906

Ай бұрын

developer will file for bankruptcy before it gets to court

@GrandmaBev64

Ай бұрын

It's too late. There's still 17 for profit prisons, from different states, built on this place. It used to be the site of the largest uranium mine in the US.

@shadytreez

Ай бұрын

Should have been filed 18 years ago.

@jamesdalton7191

Ай бұрын

@@shadytreez who knew back then? This is newly found info isn't it?

Ridiculous, local corruption in municipalities is terrible.

20 years to clean up radioactive sludge?!! This is madness!

Holy smokes, 40 micrograms to the liter Uranium content is high enough that they should consider using that well as an in-situ mine! They could literally sell the crude uranium on the market to pay for their system replacement. All they'd need is a ion exchange system and they would be in business.

@wallsttech6881

Ай бұрын

Is that yellowcake ?

@shawncarroll5255

Ай бұрын

Yellow cake is the product of one of the earlier techniques to leach uranium out of the ore in situ, which was also used sometimes simply to process the ore. That's actually an interesting point. My question is that the leftover sludge from yellow cake production? How is it getting into the water system? I'm really wondering was there an illegal dump there, and they figured they could make millions by simply neglecting to mention evidence of illegal dumping helped them get the land at a discount? After all nobody is going to notice, right? Except those eco-commies who are always exaggerating everything. Who needs to worry about heavy metals or radioactive waste in their water? Whiners!

@erics3596

Ай бұрын

The Thorium too - not sure if you caught that

@BonHomie87

Ай бұрын

How high is 40mcg/l uranium content compared to typical uranium mining operations?

@98f5

Ай бұрын

At 40 mcg per liter you'd need 25,000,000 liters to get 1 kg, and that's if you could extract 100%. That sounds like a massive amount of water. About 10 Olympic size pools . Or 25,000 cubic meters of waterso not as much as I expected

Complaints since 2017 to me thats rights to sue. They did the appropriate steps. The State ignored it therefore should be held accountable compensating those that were affected.

I lived in Berlin Germany where the tap water is clean and tastes great (doesn't taste like chlorine). It's amazing that the US can't do the same

It is amazing the level of apathy from the developers, the company, the county, and the state! Then they try washing their hands of any responsibility or consequences. Would love to see them try to wash their hands with that water!

In the 80 s Reagan removed liability for EPA Trump also removed company liability for EPA .For profit means for profit and corruption also possible.

@hisomebodytrackingmuch1309

Ай бұрын

Thank you. Regulation is NOT a bad thing! It's there to keep us safe from undo harm

@Deletedcommentfactory

Ай бұрын

Right. Suckers who buy into the narrative that big business pushes need to wake up. But they never do unless it happens to them.

@cmcer1995

Ай бұрын

Another attack on Republicans by Democrats making this a political issue when both parties from time to time a directly responsible for things they are supposed to properly regulate and fail. I might add which party has been in control in Colorado over the last 20 years too?

@Novastar.SaberCombat

Ай бұрын

Profits over people. Coin over communities. Money over mankind! 💪😎✌️ That's the only way to get wealthy, so if ya wanna win and get coined up, ya gotta do dirty deeds, suckahz! 😂🤣😂

@reneevoydatch3713

Ай бұрын

This was reported in 2008! Who was president 🤔 VP 🤔

Sometimes it takes journalists to get government to act... this is horrific!

@KGRICK1

Ай бұрын

this is a failing of Capitalism, and if we want a more responsive EPA then stop supporting representatives that want to gut the EPA.

@laylatang6081

Ай бұрын

This is we must support good journalists and the First Amendment. Journalism must remain one of the most important and protected professions in America.

Shame on the Gov officials. Charge them with crimes, and shame on locals news stations! You also let this go on for 20 years!

@Liberty4Ever

16 күн бұрын

Sadly, government officials and employees are protected by immunity. If taxpayers sue and a judge doesn't throw out the case because of immunity from prosecution, their taxes are used to defend the government criminals. If government loses, no government employee goes to jail and the victims pay their own settlement and their taxes are increased. With immunity protecting government, the government crimes will continue to worsen.

Somebody let Erin Brockovich know about this! One neighborhood in my city was experiencing ugly water. The water company said it was harmless rust from aging cast iron water mains, which would eventually be replaced according to the company's predetermined schedule. Legally mandated lab tests were not showing anything bad in the water. But residents were complaining, and attending city meetings, one carrying a large bottle of black water. The local news was reporting on it. Then Erin Brockovich showed up. There wasn't a lawsuit, as far as I know, but suddenly the water company started replacing water mains in our area, ahead of schedule.

One could also think it very likely that the ground is also contaminated, have the residents been tested for elevated lead and radioactivity?

And who would have thought building residential houaes and prisons on top of uranium mines would hurt anyone?

@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648

Ай бұрын

What the mines were allowed to do to the water supply seems to be the biggest sin here. Rotsa rawsuits are coming, I bet.

This is unbelievable! 😮

Should be able to sue the state for the cost of every house. Some of these people should go to jail.

Keep digging on this story. Those residents deserve compensation and healthcare/monitoring for the rest of their lives that the government there needs to pay for.

Sounds like Love Canal all over again. This is why the EPA was created and why we have regulations. Who dropped the ball here? Sounds like the State of Colorado since they knew about it since the early 2000s about the violations. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Where's the sludge coming from? Where's the source of the water? Is it contaminated? Is there a dumping ground somewhere nearby?

@jedahn

Ай бұрын

Uranium mines. Our bombs and depleted uranium bullets. After that... Nuclear power.

@davidr9883

Ай бұрын

It's likely just natural contamination already existing underground. This is why you have to be careful when you drill a ground water well because you don't know what's underground until you start pumping it.

@aaronaragon5087

Ай бұрын

Lol the EPA blew an old gold mine a few years back and polluted the Animas river with arsenic and other heavy metals.

@Steve-zo4uc

Ай бұрын

The epa too worried about my exhaust

@sabacat

Ай бұрын

The EPA is too busy policing ditches and puddles.

RADIOACTIVE?!?! WTF?!?! WOW!! literally took my breath away! and 20 Years??! HOW?!?! 200 notices... every single part of the system failed at every level... this is almost unbelievable!!!! the details of this will make one hell of a script in the future I'm sure....

Y'all should see what happened in Massachusetts recently. A farm and landscaping site would collect and sell compost. A man (elder/retired) recently found out he and his family have been poisoned for decades. They live in a smaller community and some homes use ground wells. Well, his neighbor got the well tested and found lethal numbers for PFAS in the ground water. Several homes tested positive too. What's crazy is that the owner of the business really was transparent. Had all his paperwork in order and the town would check on all the land and soil. He passed everything. But now the whole area has been contaminated. All the raining and runoff water contaminated the ground water and land in the area. Poor guy with the neighbor says that if he knew about that he would have moved somewhere else. So, plan smart if you ever get the chance to move/buy a home somewhere. Avoid Quarry Mining, Drilling Sites, Compost/Landfill areas, or even Golf Courses (if you don't know what they treat their lands with). It's crazy how much contaminants are running around. Oh, and don't go buying a home without your research. Some homes here have foundations mixed with Pyrrhotite which is causing ALL sorts of problems too 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

Same thing is happening in the city water of Charleston and surrounding areas in West Virginia. They are telling us it's nothing to worry about. But it causes black sludge on the water faucets and is nasty!

@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648

Ай бұрын

Get it analyzed...

Some Mr Burns type is somewhere saying, “Excellent.”

@isitrachelorj3953

Ай бұрын

He's the presumptive Republican candidate for the presidency

That's a very good notice to the public!

Holy moly, radioactive sludge is insane!!!

We once again see profit over people...the love of money is the root of all evil, and the illness of the neglected people. Without the response from the AG, it makes me wonder if they knew about this issue already and have ignored it ahead of time. Who do you turn to from here but the federal court if the state is not properly helping?

@Novastar.SaberCombat

Ай бұрын

No one. Unless you're rich. If you're wealthy, you can get something done. But if you're not, then you lose. No exceptions.

@rdallas81

Ай бұрын

These politicians get paid by these companies- kickbacks- to slow or stop the right processes. These places often become superfund sites

Attorneys should have been hired years ago !!!

@krislarsen6546

Ай бұрын

You think they haven't been hired before..... They absolutely have..... It just started finally reached national media.

Thanks for the information.

Did y'all see what happened in Iowa? 68 miles of river all the fish dead. The fine was 25,000. Wtf a major corporation.

Imagine... a conservative district hasn't bothered to respond to a health emergency among their contiuents, because those contracts for development were making them money.

@StoryForgeAI

Ай бұрын

Hahahaha well said

@isitrachelorj3953

Ай бұрын

Very well said, Morgan Co has voted 70% Republican forever.

@akgg5086

Ай бұрын

Curious how you think this is on the people of Morgan county, they didn’t know the full extent until a few years ago.

@RippieFarmer

Ай бұрын

@@akgg5086 it was first reported to the county 20 years ago.

@RippieFarmer

Ай бұрын

@@akgg5086 also... I did not say it was on the people of Morgan County. I'm pointing fingers at the elected ones that make the decisions.

Profit over protection

@rustyshackle917

Ай бұрын

Our legal and political system is designed to protect corporations and capital. Commoners are just a commodity that can be easily replaced.

@jedahn

Ай бұрын

​​@@rustyshackle917 Supply and demand. 😂 Ai and robots around the corner.

@ey3z4ya

Ай бұрын

Which is a problem ​@@rustyshackle917

I guess my first question has to be WHERE did this toxic material come from?

Thank you for covering this, #ShaunBoyd.

Fines???!!! SMH I'd team up with all the homeowners and sue the hell out of the home developers, the city and the state for failing there citizens!!!

This is corruption at the top. And there's some people that need to suffer some consequences for lack of performing their duties to the tax paying American citizen. They have forgotten that they are public servants. Maybe we need to set up oversight committees

I'm glad that's in Colorado not over here on the eastern coast

Apathetic Americans assume too much and expect too little. The proprietors of a given number of private industries came into this town/community to make profits is a success story for the proprietors. They certainly took out more than they put back into the community leaving it unlivable for the community. But this was done with the full cooperation of people who work in those industries. Owners are not the ones doing the work of extracting pure water for the purpose of manufacturing, it is the workers themselves, the chemists, engineers, the machine operators, etc. The function of the State in this scenario had special importance to ensure a community does not have the means themselves that delivers fresh, clean water to their homes in order for outside privatization schemers raid their town. This is a small example of the Predatory Capitalism occurring across all 50 states in America.

Colorado got water worse than FLINT 😂😂

I hate corruption at any level! I hope those responsible are held to account and have a miserable life! 😮

This is unforgivable!

Wow this is nuts! How many people have gotten sick from this disgusting lack of action??

The question is where did all this toxic material come from probably from a legacy company like 3M or or some government agency or Dupont or something like that who will never be held accountable

@keithwood6459

Ай бұрын

In some areas the ground water is terrible and needs a lot of treatment. And yes, that can include uranium and other nasties. That doesn't excuse anyone here. Just sayin that sometimes the source is natural. Still terrible that they let this go on so long. That was evil.

@SLHJR0390

Ай бұрын

The ground water and the geology of this region play a big role in the good vs bad water in this area.

@Rick-qf5de

Ай бұрын

Trucking companies gets paid to haul it off , but if they can find somewhere to dump it , and get back quicker they do it all the time.... Most times they try to dump where it runs over the hill into the river.... ? Or out in the mountains or the deserts.... ?

@choccolocco

Ай бұрын

@@Rick-qf5de Yup. Years ago I caught a honey wagon dumping in a local creek….some ppl will do anything due to greed.

@jedahn

Ай бұрын

Colorado has the third largest uranium deposit in the continental states. Pretty sure this is built over top or near a mine. Readings are taken at the surface and nobody worries about what's happening underneath.

If this has been going on for 20 years that community needs more than clean water. They need an entirely new government. If they don't get it it's their own fault.

@carolinematusevich889

Ай бұрын

Their voters voted for this. See no evil, hear no evil, say no evil.

@isitrachelorj3953

Ай бұрын

Consistently vote in republicans by a 70/30 margin.

@KGRICK1

Ай бұрын

@@isitrachelorj3953 who gutted the EPA regulations under trump.

@Ihaveyourpogs

Ай бұрын

But now thier minds are too polluted to think clearly

@neilkurzman4907

Ай бұрын

@@isitrachelorj3953 They need the freedom to innovate

The old "someone's poisoned the waterhole" trick...

Great reporting

State should be held responsible

@hisomebodytrackingmuch1309

Ай бұрын

The people that worked for the state, at the time this happened, should be held responsible. Otherwise it's just the people paying for it. The commissioners, board members & developers should be held personally responsible!

@dr.jamesolack8504

Ай бұрын

@@hisomebodytrackingmuch1309 Never going to happen!

@jerrywilliams9208

Ай бұрын

You mean the taxpayer the state is just a group of maintenance workers for the public property the state Owens nothing it is all owned by the taxpayer you should be more careful about the employees you higher and learn how to fire those employees when they fail to do their job

@isitrachelorj3953

Ай бұрын

No, the republican politicians and administrators who ok-ed and over-saw, then mismanaged this water system need to be held responsible - and the fools who voted for and supported them - that would be 70% of the voting public. They got what they voted for.

@neilkurzman4907

Ай бұрын

What about the private for profit water company. Maybe the people who ran that should be your first target. Why is your first target target always the government not the people who actually did the crime.

camp Lejune HERE WE GO AGAIN

@donwyoming1936

Ай бұрын

Camp Lejeune's water wasn't anywhere near as cancerous as this uranium sludge. These people are in real trouble.

I can't help but wonder how many of those people are sick, or will become sick, due to what they've been exposed to. What a horrible thing to have to go through.

20 YEARS?? HOW can these agencies live with themselves?