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EPA releases 3 million gallons of heavily polluted water into Colorado river

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The amount of heavily polluted water the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accidentally spilled into the Animas River in Colorado while working on a waste-treatment project has now reached three million gallons.On August 5, EPA workers were at the abandoned Gold King mine to treat polluted water when they accidentally released a plug holding back the water, which then began to flow into the Animas River.

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