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...leak, which spilled 600 gallons of oil into catch basins on the banks of the Charles River, was first detected Saturday night when Boston Edison engineers monitoring the pressure from a pumping station noticed a drop in oil pressure. The pipeline runs underneath the Charles, said Michael J. Monahan, the spokesman for the local electric company...
Workers dug holes near the catch basins, and "due to the high water table, after three feet they found a combination of oil and water," Monahan said...
Clean Harbors, Inc., a Braintree based company contracted by Boston Edison to clean up the oil spill, pumped the oil-tainted water from the hole, while Boston Edison workers chipped through the concrete surrounding the pipe to reach the leak, Monahan said...
...Monahan said the oil from the spill did not reach the Charles River. "Someone thought they saw a slight sheen on the water, but we checked the river thoroughly, and there was no oil in the water...
...Monahan said, "I don't think it will have an impact at all," adding that there are enough ways in which students at various Boston area schools can continue to interact...