Chemical Spill Creeps Into Water Shed
Health Officials Say Spill Killed Off Fish
POSTED: 4:53 pm MST November 8, 2008
UPDATED: 5:02 pm MST November 8, 2008
DENVER -- Health crews are cleaning up a hazardous spill in the St. Charles Mesa Creek in Pueblo County, which is responsible for killing off fish but so far has not sickened any residents.The spill happened on Friday at the Comanche Power Plant, said Sarah Bruestle of the Pueblo County Health Department.Bruestle said Lyme, a by-product of burning coal, was spilled into the water shed.
The plant is downstream of the city of Pueblo.The Colorado State Patrol Hazmat unit as well as the Pueblo County and state health departments are working on damning and diking the waterway and cleaning up the spill.Bruestle said the health department was testing samples of water to see if residents downstream were at risk of having their drinking water contaminated.
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