Navajo Nation president considers lifting advisory against using San Juan

A news release sent by the EPA Wednesday stated President Begaye had indicated the Navajo Nation would soon reopen the San Juan River.

“It does make a problem, because numerous farmers would not have the capability to deliver the amount of water that their crops need”, Yazzie said.

However, the Navajo Nation, which was already skeptical of the EPA’s response to the mine spill, says the tanks are dirty oilfield tanks.

“I’m sure there are some farmers whose crops are in the danger zone”, he said.

Not all the water has been welcomed. In it he stood in front of a large black tank.

However, President Russell Begaye believes that some of the water that the Navajo Nation is getting is not up to snuff.

“There’s oil in these tanks”, Branch said. “We don’t trust the EPA to be here”.

“This is what they expect our animals to drink?” “Let us take care of these issues ourselves because we care about the health and welfare of our people”.

The EPA said in a statement the agency contracted with the city of Bloomfield’s utility company.

Sandel said the company, which has stored fresh water as well as water from oil and gas wells in the tanks, has not received any other complaints.

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Begaye spoke Wednesday about water quality in the river and agreed to have EPA cease water deliveries Friday for agricultural use on the reservation, the EPA and Manus said.

The EPA deployed 13 tanks-9 to the Shiprock area-to help Navajo farmers in the aftermath of the Gold King Mine spill.

Ben said he wouldn’t support a return to using the canals to water crops because not enough is known about the impact to the soil. He said farmers also requested that he reach out to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs for alternate water sources.

“EPA will work closely with the Navajo Nation in the coming weeks to ensure that a long-term monitoring plan for the San Juan River is implemented”, the release said.