A derailment of an oil train in a flooded area in northwestern Iowa has downstream water utilities in a number of towns and cities concerned.
Even 150 miles south of the spill in Omaha, officials are monitoring drinking water pumps that draw water from the Missouri River.
Each oil tanker car can hold more than 25,000 gallons, and 33 of the cars derailed. Crews have been working to skim oil from floodwaters in the area.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds was set to visit the site of the derailment June 23.NSF International has published a new American National
News Briefs: Oil Train Derailment Worries Water Utilities in Iowa
In this week's sewer and water news, the derailment of 33 oil tanker cars has utilities downstream concerned about water quality; and Michigan is experiencing infrastructure issues in the wake of flooding in the Upper Peninsula
Jun 25, 2018
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