Oil leak impacts groundwater, stream and pond in CT city

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Emergency Response Unit personnel responded to the east end of Waterbury Saturday in the area of Hamilton Avenue for a leaking oil tank. The oil has gotten into the groundwater, a nearby stream and a pond.

DEEP officials said that an above-ground tank that contained between 250-300 gallons of oil leaked after an underground line from the tank to the house failed. It caused the leak.

According to DEEP, there was a 60-foot by 20-foot stain of visible oil that impacted properties in the area.

DEEP said there is “no risk to the public, but there is an environmental risk to impacted waterways.”

Environmental Services Inc. has been contacted by DEEP to assist in a process that is expected to take several days. Vacuum trucks and absorbents will be used by ESI and also a trench will be installed to cut the oil’s path to the waterway, according to DEEP.

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