According to reports, even after reclamation efforts,
drinking water wells downstream of these
operations contain elevated levels of hard water and mine - related minerals including sulfates, BTEX compounds, manganese, magnesium, aluminum, and many
others, each of which is potentially hazardous to human health.
Boaters who don't know the rules of the waterways, are unfamiliar with distress procedures, who have not been instructed on safe and proper navigation and boat
operation, who aren't comfortable with how to manage their vessel in a flooding or electrical emergency, who
drink too much, who are distracted by
other boaters or the scenery or PWCs — or even smartphones — all cause accidents.