water pollution

Exactly 1 year ago today
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Exactly 1 year ago today

Nobel Oil dumped 1000 gallons of used motor oil into the Tuscrawaras River when transferring from their tanker truck into a railcar at the P-C Sales transfer station in Barberton and the resulting #disasteronthetuscarawas polluted the environment for miles, killing countless wildlife and affecting many more. We monitored the cleanup for the next 11 weeks…

Wolf Creek this morning! A steady flow of sheen flowing at the confluence with the Tuscarawas river.
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Wolf Creek this morning! A steady flow of sheen flowing at the confluence with the Tuscarawas river.

Dave noted it before I arrived and we watched for a few minutes. We looked upstream for a possible source but with such limited access to the water in this section, we found nothing. We did make a report to the OEPA. Will post with any follow-up. Update: 3 June 4pm, OEPA has contacted me…