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Berkeley Pit water treatment paused, pumps to be moved due to instability concerns

BUTTE, Mont. – Pumping and treating toxic water at Butte's Berkeley Pit has been paused due to detected instabilities.
KXLF

Berkeley Pit pumping on hold as pit's pump station moved over slope failure concerns

Berkeley Pit pumping temporarily stopped for several months as Montana Resources addresses north wall stability issues and ...

Berkeley Pit pumping halted for months due to north wall stability issues in Butte

Berkeley Pit pumping temporarily stopped for several months as Montana Resources addresses north wall stability issues and ...
KHQ

How cold is it? So cold the Berkeley Pit is frozen over

BUTTE- The Berkeley Pit is completely frozen over due to the cold temperatures in the Mining City last week. It is a sight some people in Butte say they never thought they would see. Ice started to ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Butte's Berkeley Pit gets the snub, for now, on accepting Superfund wastes

BUTTE — Josh Bryson of Atlantic Richfield said in March 2024 that preliminary analysis of the Berkeley Pit suggested the contaminated lake was shaping up as a preferred option to accept Superfund ...
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World’s Most Dangerous Waste Sites May Be the Next Gold Mine

The Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana, has been a source of environmental concern for decades, as its waters—highly acidic and teeming with toxins—have seeped into the surrounding area. But today, this ...
Missoulian

Small number of snow geese dead on Berkeley Pit water

After a tense few days of struggling to get more than a thousand snow geese to leave the Berkeley Pit's contaminated water, Montana Resources officials spotted dead birds at first light Thursday. Due ...