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:

• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #1
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #2
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #3
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #4
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #5
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #6
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #7
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #8
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #9

Required Reading:

• Rainbow Pipeline Leak — A Timeline
• Rainbow Pipeline Leak — A Timeline (Continued)
• Rainbow Pipeline Leak — Three Months Later…
• Rainbow Pipeline Leak — Six Months Later…
• Rainbow Pipeline Leak — Eight Months Later…
• Rainbow Pipeline Leak — 1 Year Later…

2012-06-20  »  somecanuckchick