Suncor says leak had ‘negligible impact’ on Athabasca River
Source: Globe and Mail
A leak at a Suncor Energy Inc. oil sands site poured an estimated 350,000 litres of industrial waste water into the Athabasca River over a 10-hour period, causing “a short term, negligible impact on the river” earlier this week, the company said late Wednesday.
Canada’s largest oil company provided few details about what chemicals and substances actually flowed into the river north of Fort McMurray, saying in a statement that “our tests confirm the process affected water was a combination of water with suspended solids (clays and fine particulates) and inorganic and organic compounds. It does not contain bitumen.”
Suncor spokeswoman Sneh Seetal said she was unable provide further details about the makeup of the industrial waste water.
“It did not contain bitumen but I don’t have a further breakdown,” Ms. Seetal said.
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It's hard to believe that they don't know what's in the waste-water from their own plant.
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