Colorado Mine Spill Prompts Changes In Warning System

DENVER (AP) – A massive wastewater spill from an old gold mine in southwestern Colorado prompted state officials to expand the list of downstream users they warn after such accidents.
Colorado health officials notified only agencies inside their state after 3 million gallons of water tainted with heavy metals gushed out of the Gold King Mine Aug. 5, eventually reaching the Animas, San Juan and Colorado rivers in New Mexico and Utah.
In the future, the Colorado Department of Public Health a