• Apr 28, 2021
Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project Underway
A spokesperson for the First Mesa Consolidated Villages says the Hopi Arsenic Mitigation Project is now underway. The project seeks to produce safe drinking water on Hopi by constructing new pipelines on the reservation. FMCV administrator Ivan Sidney announced this week that water pipes were delivered near West Polacca, and that construction for the new water lines will take a year or less. Sidney says funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs will extend the water supply to Keams Canyon. The tribe’s water supply has been cited for high levels of arsenic; the chemical element is naturally occurring but can cause diseases including cancer. The project will largely be funded by the Environmental Protection Agency.