Thursday, February 25, 2010
Slurry Spill Cleanup In Martin County
KENTUCKY...
Wastewater from an eastern Kentucky coal-washing operation, that spread into a creek, is being cleaned up, and the state describes the spill as minor. The Kentucky Department for Natural Resources says state officials don't know how many gallons spilled at the Martin County site near Inez, but he they said it seems very minimal.
It appears the wastewater spread 3.5 miles downstream from where a valve broke on a pipeline. In October 2000, 300 million gallons of slurry spilled from a Martin County Coal impoundment.
Wastewater from an eastern Kentucky coal-washing operation, that spread into a creek, is being cleaned up, and the state describes the spill as minor. The Kentucky Department for Natural Resources says state officials don't know how many gallons spilled at the Martin County site near Inez, but he they said it seems very minimal.
It appears the wastewater spread 3.5 miles downstream from where a valve broke on a pipeline. In October 2000, 300 million gallons of slurry spilled from a Martin County Coal impoundment.
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