Superfund Site

Whitewater And Hanover Creeks

10 Miles East Of Silver City, Silver City, NM 88061
National Priorities List: No
Status: Active
Whitewater And Hanover Creeks is a superfund site located at 10 Miles East Of Silver City, Silver City, NM 88061. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies sites such as Whitewater And Hanover Creeks because they pose or had once posed a potential risk to human health and/or the environment due to contamination by one or more hazardous wastes. Whitewater And Hanover Creeks is currently registered as an Active superfund site by the EPA. However, it is not on the NPL (National Priorities List), which means the EPA does not consider it one of the nation's most hazardous waste sites.