FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2015 file photo, Dwayne Chili Yazzie, President of the Shiprock Chapter of the Navajo Nation, left, greets rancher Norman Jim Sr. at his ranch along the San Juan River on the Navajo Reservation in Shiprock, N.M., as Melvin Jones, on truck, and Richard Charley, right, pump fresh water into a basin. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said new tests on emergency water sent to Navajo Nation farmers after the Gold King Mine spill indicate the water met federal and tribal standards for livestock and irrigation.The EPA released the results Tuesday, Oct. 13, two months after farmers and Navajo officials said the water delivered by a contractor had oil in it and wasn’t suitable for use. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

FARMINGTON, N.M. | The Navajo Nation estimates that ranchers and farmers in two reservation chapters will suffer approximately $700,000 in damages from an August mine spill in Colorado.

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2015 file photo, Dwayne Chili Yazzie, President of the Shiprock Chapter of the Navajo Nation, left, greets rancher Norman Jim Sr. at his ranch along the San Juan River on the Navajo Reservation in Shiprock, N.M., as Melvin Jones, on truck, and Richard Charley, right, pump fresh water into a basin. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said new tests on emergency water sent to Navajo Nation farmers after the Gold King Mine spill indicate the water met federal and tribal standards for livestock and irrigation.The EPA released the results Tuesday, Oct. 13, two months after farmers and Navajo officials said the water delivered by a contractor had oil in it and wasn’t suitable for use. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

The Daily-Times reports (https://bit.ly/1kJBa5U ) that the Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture on Monday released a preliminary survey on damages from the Gold King Mine Spill.

The department estimates that the millions of gallons of wastewater released into the Animas and San Juan rivers will cause $569,700 in damages for farmers from the Shiprock and Tse Daa Kaan chapters over the next five years.

It says Shiprock and Tse Daa k’aan ranchers will lose $103,200 during the same period.

Charmaine Hosteen of the agriculture department says the estimates are based on staff visits to the chapters. She says damages will be assessed for other chapters in the future.