Threats to Colorado River Cited

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Threats to Colorado River Cited

Uranium, perchlorate and sewage endanger an important source of drinking
water for Southern California, a report says.

By Julie Cart
Los Angeles Times
April 13, 2004

The Colorado River, a major source of drinking water for Southern
California, is the nation's most threatened waterway, according to the
group American Rivers, which annually compiles a list of the nation's 10
most endangered rivers.

The environmental group cites several risks to the Colorado, including
radioactive waste from an abandoned uranium mine beside the river in
southern Utah; chemical contamination from perchlorate, an ingredient in
rocket fuel; and overburdened sewage systems in fast-growing river
communities along the California-Arizona border.

The report says that water quality issues have been overshadowed by a
long-running debate over water allocation from the river. But the group
charges that increasing amounts of pollutants discharged into the river,
combined with dropping water levels, mean the Colorado River could pose
a health threat to the millions of people who rely on it for drinking water.

"The Colorado River is at a crucial crossroads," said Eric Eckl, a
spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based American Rivers. "You have
three problems, all coming to a head in the next 12 months. We want to
alert the entire country to the situation along the Colorado."

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for the entire story, see
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-river14apr14,1,486324.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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