This is a picture of Black Mountain water evaporation tank that covers 40 acres in Colorado.  (The black square is my home.)  This is where drilling fluids/waste are disposed of.  These fluids contain chemicals such as benzene and plutonium that are left over from drilling operations such as drilling for oil and natural gas.  

The black spots on the photo are “ponds” where water evaporates and chemicals are left behind.  I cannot see any water in these “ponds”.

A health department official could smell benzene at this sight, which has been proven to cause rare blood diseases such as leukemia.

·       In 2001, pipes burst and no residents were notified of possible contamination in their area.     

·       Dalbo, a company owned by Lincolnshire Management Inc., wants to build an evaporation station on 183 acres including a 50-acre pond and two 33-acre ponds.

·       No Federal laws govern these evaporation stations.

·       This proposed site is located less than a mile away from the Colorado River which runs through: Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California.

·       Dalbo says it is non-toxic and non-hazardous, but states it could kill a cow if it drinks enough. 

·       These substances are only considered non-toxic because the Clean Water Act is outdated and these chemicals were not understood at the time of this Act’s conception.

·       This proposed site is 250 feet away from an irrigation ditch that is used to water corn and alfalfa fields. 

·       When a representative for Dalbo was asked if HE would drink that water he said “No.”