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The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #10

Posted on: Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Posted at: 1:50 AM

This is Update #10 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill…

  • Plains Midstream Canada continues to blog its cleanup efforts surrounding the Rangeland Pipeline System failure near Sundre, Alberta.   [ Web Updates ]
  • A third boom is now being used on the at Gleniffer Reservoir.   [ Article ]
  • If you raise cattle along the banks of the Red Deer River or sport-fish one of its tributaries or own a cottage on the aspen-lined shores of Gleniffer Lake, your life and livelihood could be harmed for months.   [ Article ]
  • If you raise cattle along the banks of the Red Deer River or sport-fish one of its tributaries or own a cottage on the aspen-lined shores of Gleniffer Lake, your life and livelihood could be harmed for months.   [ Article ]
  • One litre of spilled oil can contaminate a million litres of groundwater.   [ Article ]

FYI:

  • The Rangeland Pipeline System is made up of approximately 1285 kilometres of gathering and trunk pipelines.   [ Link ]
  • The majority of the Rangeland Pipeline System is approximately 50 years old.   [ Link ]
  • According to Google Maps, Jackson Creek is approximately 50 km from the Gleniffer Reservoir — where the booms have been set up to contain the oil spill. That means, the oil spill has travelled 50 km along the Red Deer River.   [ Map ]

Other Red Deer River Oil Spill Updates:

Required Reading:

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