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Ecuador Oil Spill Pollutes Amazon Tributary
By GONZALO SOLANO 06/04/13 03:10 PM ET EDT
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But enough flowed from the Quijos into the Coca and Napo rivers downstream that the regional capital of Coca had to shut down its drinking water system and Ecuador's government alerted Peru and Brazil, which are along the course of the Napo as it heads toward the Amazon.
In Coca, an urban area of about 80,000 people at the confluence of the Coca and Napo rivers, Mayor Ana Rivas told the Sonorama radio station that the accident "has left us without water because the river we take potable water from is contaminated. The people are indignant because there is no water to drink."
By GONZALO SOLANO 06/04/13 03:10 PM ET EDT
snip
But enough flowed from the Quijos into the Coca and Napo rivers downstream that the regional capital of Coca had to shut down its drinking water system and Ecuador's government alerted Peru and Brazil, which are along the course of the Napo as it heads toward the Amazon.
In Coca, an urban area of about 80,000 people at the confluence of the Coca and Napo rivers, Mayor Ana Rivas told the Sonorama radio station that the accident "has left us without water because the river we take potable water from is contaminated. The people are indignant because there is no water to drink."
