BUTTE - While many residents of Butte are having anxiety over possible contamination of its drinking water, scientists have been busy in the laboratory on the campus of Montana Tech analyzing these samples of Butte's drinking water to see if it is safe, and it's been a trying time for them as well.

"Well, it's nerve-wracking, I feel a lot of pressure. We're trying to do everything as fast as we possibly can and still put out really good data," said Chemist Ashley Huft.

Experts with the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology have been running tests on 11 samples of Butte tap water, looking for heavy metals and contaminants, after Montana Resources discovered some of its processed water from the mine may have gotten into Butte's municipal water supply. Butte water is being tested locally and

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