Wyoming water quality officials said Friday they are reassured after talking with Colorado health officials after learning that a troublesome oil facility in northern Colorado has been dumping up to 400,000 gallons a day of treated wastewater from well drilling that flows into the North Platte River. Wyoming water quality director John Wagner says the water is not from fracking or drilling and he believes it's not harmful to Wyoming streams and wildlife. Colorado water officials said Lone Pine Gas violated water quality standards a number of times since 2007, including dumping water with excess levels of copper and iron. The company says it shut down the plant in March and did a complete cleanup. Colorado officials and the EPA are continuing to investigate an oil spill at the site.
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