DENVER (AP) — Authorities said Saturday that new tests show there is no evidence of a marijuana chemical in a Colorado community’s tap water and they believe the initial tests were false. Warnings not to drink the water were lifted Saturday after multiple tests confirmed there was no THC, marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient, in the water.
DENVER (AP) — Authorities said Saturday that new tests show there is no evidence of a marijuana chemical in a Colorado community’s tap water and they believe the initial tests were false.
Warnings not to drink the water were lifted Saturday after multiple tests confirmed there was no THC, marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient, in the water.
Lincoln County sheriff’s Capt. Michael Yowell said Saturday that there is evidence that a shed covering a city well was tampered with and that investigation is continuing. He said the manufacturer of the test kits has been contacted to find out why some tests came back positive.
He said a shed covering the well head was broken into, but there was no indication who was responsible or when it occurred. Yowell said the shed is only protected by a padlock, like many other wells on Colorado’s eastern plains, but someone gained entry by breaking into a side of the shed.
Yowell said many community wells are at risk of being contaminated.
