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Panel hears proposal to change NM water rules

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A battle is brewing over how to best protect groundwater at mining sites around New Mexico.

The state Environment Department said Tuesday the rules it has proposed would be the most stringent of any copper producing state in the West, including Arizona, Nevada and Utah. They include new engineering requirements for handling left-over rock, leach piles, tanks and pipelines.

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