EE_Blatchford-AUMP02

Bordered to the north and southwest by Navajo Nation Tribal Trust lands, the United Nuclear Corporation’s Uranium Heap Leaching Pond contaminated the Rio Puerco and groundwater. Though the spill rendered the water unusable for local residents, they were not warned for days, and the Governor of New Mexico at the time, Bruce King, refused to declare the site a federal disaster area.