Province investigating Athabasca River spill
February 5th, 2009 by Jared Serviss
Officials from Alberta Environment are investigating after grease and oil from one of the Suncor sites north of Fort McMurray spilled into the Athabasca River late Monday.
The spill wasn’t from a tailings pond, which contains waste from bitumen processing. Instead, it came from a cooling water pond that contains treated water from machinery such as industrial heaters, Suncor said.
The government estimates the volume of the spill could be anywhere from 92,000 to 500,000 gallons.
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