so you really think they hear you

Lake County worried by water contamination
Rising water tables are apparently leaching metals from old mines into the watershed.
By CHRIS WOODKATHE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN
Lake County commissioners are concerned that plugged mine drainage tunnels and rising water tables are leaching heavy metals into the Arkansas River, potentially creating water quality problems both locally and for downstream users.
Lake County Commission Chairman Ken Olsen is frustrated by proposed federal studies and is promoting a “local solution” that would tap into a collapsed tunnel that once provided Leadville with more fresh water during winter, in the process lowering water tables that experts say could be leaching minerals like zinc and cadmium into the watershed.
“These federal agencies will not work together, and appear to have the inability to interact with each other,” Olsen said. “They’re fiddling while Rome is burning.”
The commissioners alerted Colorado’s congressional delegation of the problem in November, but have received little response. They are also seeking state funds to deal with the problem.
Groundwater tables are rising in the old mining district east of Leadville, which has caused new springs to sprout throughout the area from August to November. Some are in California Gulch, below the Yak Tunnel Superfund site. Scientists suspect the tables are rising because of collapses in the Leadville Tunnel and other mining tunnels throughout the heavily mined area.

So, you really think those you elected to serve and protect you are listening…?

If you do, then I would mark you as a “big” contributor. And for your information it’s not just Lake County Colorado’s citizens who are being ignored, look around at the response you get from your elected officials here in Arizona…? I don’t know about you, but mining profits are much higher on our politician’s radar screen than contaminating pollutants which they discharge every day into your drinking water supply and the air you breathe.

Looking to “Washington” to resolve this dilemma serves only to have us take our eye off the problem allowing them the opportunity to conveniently sweep the problem under the rug and out of sight.

You want resolution to these problems then it is time to stand up and unequivocally demand to be heard.

Takes guts and you just might not make the Governor’s Christmas card list either…!