Posted on Feb 17, 2023
Ice, muck and a $480 million price tag: the Keystone oil spill cleanup carries on in Kansas
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Trucks are hauling oil-drenched soil to a landfill near Omaha. Crews are building a five-acre pond to continue treating contaminated water.
In the two months since the Keystone pipeline erupted in Washington County, Mill Creek has gone from being coated in floating oil nearly a foot deep, to a layer less than one inch.
About four miles of the creek remain shut off from the normal flow of water as part of the ongoing, round-the-clock cleanup.
Workers have pulled nearly 2 million gallons of oily water out of Mill Creek, carrying on in freezing temperatures by breaking and melting ice.
In the two months since the Keystone pipeline erupted in Washington County, Mill Creek has gone from being coated in floating oil nearly a foot deep, to a layer less than one inch.
About four miles of the creek remain shut off from the normal flow of water as part of the ongoing, round-the-clock cleanup.
Workers have pulled nearly 2 million gallons of oily water out of Mill Creek, carrying on in freezing temperatures by breaking and melting ice.
Ice, muck and a $480 million price tag: the Keystone oil spill cleanup carries on in Kansas
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
MSG Stan Hutchison And they have No Problem screwing Kansas Taxpayers to "Support" Canadian Oil Tycoons! On Hell No! This Abolitionist/Jayhawker isn't buying the BS!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Workers inject air into the contaminated water to help vaporize some of the remaining chemicals. They also treat the water with granular activated carbon, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment says.
Next, samples of the treated water will go to a lab for analysis to determine whether workers can pour the water back into the creek downstream from the cleanup site.
“If not, the water will be re-treated until all contaminants are removed,” said KDHE, which oversees water treatment and discharge."...
..."Workers inject air into the contaminated water to help vaporize some of the remaining chemicals. They also treat the water with granular activated carbon, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment says.
Next, samples of the treated water will go to a lab for analysis to determine whether workers can pour the water back into the creek downstream from the cleanup site.
“If not, the water will be re-treated until all contaminants are removed,” said KDHE, which oversees water treatment and discharge."...
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