Mercury Machine Removes Contaminated Sediment from Area Reservoirs
From the Nevada Union:
“Western Nevada County is no stranger to pioneers, but a collaborative consortium of scientists, water agency officials and public policy-makers is foraying into territory of a different ilk.
“The Nevada Irrigation District, in collaboration with members of the Sierra Fund and a Canadian mining company, has developed a mercury machine, a device capable of sifting mercury from the bottom of reservoirs and disposing of it in an environmentally sensitive manner.”
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