Saturday, July 12, 2014

UPDATED: Pipeline leak spills 17,000 barrels of saltwater


by Amy Dalrymple

MARMARTH, N.D. — A saltwater pipeline leak in Montana has released 17,000 barrels of brine, polluting more than a mile of a creek in the Badlands of southwest North Dakota, authorities said Tuesday.

The spill, reported Monday by Denbury Onshore, reached the Big Gumbo Creek and flowed down 1.4 miles of the creek into a rural area of Bowman County, about 14 miles south of Marmarth, the North Dakota Department of Health said.

The spill, which is equivalent to about 714,000 gallons, is one of the largest saltwater spills to occur in North Dakota, said Dennis Fewless, the health department’s director of the Division of Water Quality.  MORE
MARMARTH, N.D. — A saltwater pipeline leak in Montana has released 17,000 barrels of brine, polluting more than a mile of a creek in the Badlands of southwest North Dakota, authorities said Tuesday.
The spill, reported Monday by Denbury Onshore, reached the Big Gumbo Creek and flowed down 1.4 miles of the creek into a rural area of Bowman County, about 14 miles south of Marmarth, the North Dakota Department of Health said.
The spill, which is equivalent to about 714,000 gallons, is one of the largest saltwater spills to occur in North Dakota, said Dennis Fewless, the health department’s director of the Division of Water Quality.
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