Neighborhood in eastern Colorado becomes hazmat scene due to toxic sludge in drinking water

This should be national news.

$8000? Are you kidding me? Ever person involved in anyway should be in prison

For the low price of 8000 dollars in fines you can poison an entire community?? Sounds like a bargain

"Only when the last tree is cut down and the last river polluted will you realize you can't eat money".

This stinks of corruption from the bottom to the top.

This is a class action lawsuit. It is foresure cancer-causing.

If they were knowingly providing RADIOACTIVE WATER as DRINKING WATER to residents, there needs to be criminal charges. The water is essentially poison.

excuse me? for 20 years???? y'all quick to tell me my trashcan cant be by the fence though. lmao

As a manager of a water system, this disgusts me at a level that most will not understand. Absolutely disgraceful

So residents have been complaining about this for years….and nothing was being done…and this stuff is Radioactive..it’s not just dirty water? Whoever wasn’t doing anything about this water should be held accountable for poisoning the people with radioactive water. People will end up dying because of this…whether they drank it or showered in it or washed dishes in it….they have been put in danger.

I’m not a reporter but if I were one and was doing a story about radioactive sludge in peoples drinking water I might ask where it comes from. Wow

It's RADIOACTIVE and they only get a few thousand dollar fine??? SERIOUSLY?

and when the cancer starts showing up? People should be going to prison over this!

The corruption that allowed this to happen is just as disgusting as that water! Makes me so mad that all of those people that had to deal with this so long!!

This is one of many reasons why private corporations should not be allowed to own water rights, and the government needs to be able to regulate and enforce accountability for these issues and take better care of their residents.

This is why not only need government oversight, but it must be transparent and enforced! Perpetrators must face severe penalties, not just money but jail time. This is disgusting.

$8,000 is not even a slap on the wrist! That is a heinous act of criminal negligence on the part of the county and state! And deliberate deception through misinformation by the developers! There are several very public occasions in this country alone where the government oversight of safety failed with terrible health results to the residents and their children. The residents here need to file a class action lawsuit against the developers and the government needs to step in and provide new housing for every household here! Greed raises its ugly head again, disgusting!,

The fine is missing a couple zeros at the end, and the developer should be barred from any further business in the State.. at a minimum. Absolutely ridiculous

They need to check every water system all across the country, every county, every city, every potable system.

'Crunchy water" something I never thought I'd hate to hear