Bacanuchi River Explained

The Bacanuchi River (Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: Río Bacanuchi) is a river of Mexico in the northern part of the Sonora River basin,^[1] and a tributary of the Sonora River.^[2] Its drainage basin has an area of 1431 square kilometers.^[3]

In August 2014, a Grupo México copper mine spilled 10 million gallons of acidified copper sulfate solution into the Bacanuchi River. María Luisa Albores González, the head of Mexico's Environment Department, described the incident as "the most serious environmental disaster in the history of metal mining in Mexico."^[4]

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Notes and References

1. Pérez Quezadas . Juan . Cabrera Sillas . Yesica Guadalupe . Monreal . Rogelio . Rangel Medina . Miguel . Morales Arredondo . José Iván . Sánchez-Murillo . Ricardo . Hydrochemistry and stable isotopes revealed focused and diffuse recharge processes in the Sonora River basin, Mexico . Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies . 2 January 2023 . 59 . 1 . 48–65 . 10.1080/10256016.2023.2171032. 36755410 . 2023IEHS...59...48P .
2. Book: General Technical Report RM. . 1995 . Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture . 18 . en.
3. Aguilar-Hinojosa . Yolanda . Meza-Figueroa . Diana . Villalba-Atondo . Arturo I. . Encinas-Romero . Martín A. . Valenzuela-García . Jesús L. . Gómez-Álvarez . Agustín . Mobility and Bioavailability of Metals in Stream Sediments Impacted by Mining Activities: the Jaralito and the Mexicana in Sonora, Mexico . Water, Air, & Soil Pollution . 26 August 2016 . 227 . 9 . 345 . 10.1007/s11270-016-3046-1 . 2016WASP..227..345A . 23 May 2024 . en . 1573-2932.
4. News: Shailer . Daniel . Mexico takes mining company to court seeking new remediation effort for Sonora river pollution . 23 May 2024 . AP News . 12 October 2023 . en.