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Impact on Public Water Supply
Initially, the water supply company Minas Gerais Sanitation Company (COPASA) stated that the tailings had not compromised the public water supply. But as a precaution, suspended access to water in the Minas Gerais municipalities. On the sixth day of the dam’s collapse, the Minas Gerais Water Management Institute (IGAM) informed that ore tailings had reached Pará de Minas, a heavily populated area along the Paraopeba river. Due to the importance of the river for the municipality, the Agency for Water and Sewage Services of Pará de Minas (ARSAP) reported that operations could go on as normal. However, studies would show that the water supply was compromised, which prompted further tests. . The [Gerais|Minas Gerais] government tested the water in the Paraopeba river and revealed that the contaminant levels were harmful to human and animal consumption. . Tests demonstrated that twenty other municipalities were affected by the dam’s collapse. . The effects of the pollution impacted communities 120 km beyond Brumadhino. Environmentalists warn that the water has become seriously polluted. Samples taken in cities such as Mário Campos could not be effectively analyzed due to the level of oxygenation and turbidity, which had reached zero. A pollutant level hundred times higher than what is recommended by the legislation for water from rivers and springs.