tinydancer
Diamond Member
Do you have any clue how serious that is? Have you ever seen an oil spill and do you realize what's involved in cleaning one up?
Not to mention it's sitting on the second largest aquifer in the world...in the world...in the world.
Which supplies water for about a dozen surrounding states.
Ogallala Aquifer
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This spill is crude oil from tar sands, btw. Which is the dirtiest stuff out of all of the crudes. Tar sands oil is much thicker and stickier than traditional oil.
Trans Canada crews are the best in the business. They had the pipeline shut down and located the damage in 15 minutes. That's damn awesome.
"The section of pipe along a right-of-way approximately 35 miles (56 kilometres) south of the Ludden pump station in Marshall County, South Dakota was completely isolated within 15 minutes and emergency response procedures were activated."
2017-11-16:TransCanada responds to oil leak in Amherst, South Dakota