Word: watered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...West Pennsylvania Water Co., which serves 500,000 people, was able to reopen its river intake at Becks Run by midweek, though it had to filter the diluted oil through ten times the usual amount of activated carbon. But other water systems still reported critical shortages. Warned Allegheny County Commissioner Tom Foerster: "We're still a long way from being out of this situation. If people go back to using water as they usually do, the system will break down...
...lake or in the ocean. In that event, the diesel fuel would have stayed on the surface, where it could have been trapped with floating rubber booms and sucked up with vacuum hoses. But in this case, by the time emergency cleanup crews arrived, the Monongahela's turbulent waters had begun to break up the oil slick and disperse it through the river's depth. The water and oil were further mixed as they tumbled over + locks and dams on the Monongahela and Ohio...
Attention is now focusing on what caused the spill. There has been speculation that the steel of the Ashland tank may have become brittle in the bitter cold. Other possible causes: flaws in the tank's foundation, which had to support 30 million lbs., or in an underground water pipe. Ashland has also been criticized for reusing the steel. Hall admits that using old metal was one of "a few areas of questionable judgment" at issue. While not admitting liability, Hall said, "I wish our people had pursued the application more diligently...
...water systems come back on-line, lawsuits are beginning to fly. Six were filed last week charging Ashland with negligence that caused major economic losses and suffering to local industry and citizens. Considering the number of people and companies affected, Ashland and riverside communities are sure to % be sorting out the blame for the Floreffe spill long after the effects of the oil have disappeared...
...dramatic oil spill in Pennsylvania' s Monongahela River cuts off drinking water supplies and threatens communities along the Ohio...