Mount Polley Mine to discharge wastewater

A British Columbia mine that’s become a poster child for environmental disasters will soon begin discharging wastewater.
The Mount Polley Mine’s tailings dam broke in August 2014, releasing more than 6 billion gallons of silty water and mine-processing leftovers.
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Hazeltine Creek, once a narrow waterway, is filled with mud, silt and logs following August 2014’s tailings dam breach at the nearby Mount Polley Mine. The British Columbia project has been granted a per