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University dump cleaning substance,kill ALOT of fish |
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by reporter
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19 Jul 2002
Modified: 26 Jul 2002 |
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The discharge resulted from a routine cleaning of boilers at the University of Illinois Abbott Power Plant on July 11. A cleaning substance containing a high concentration of ammonia was released into sanitary district lines that afternoon. It reached the treatment plant that evening in much higher concentrations than operators had anticipated or could control. |
URBANA – When Kevin Dodd heard about the ammonia discharge in Urbana, he took his family on a four-wheeler ride along the 30 acres of bottomland he owns on the Salt Fork River near Fithian.
“When I got close to the river, the smell of dead fish was unbelievable,” Dodd said.
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http://www.news-gazette.com/story.cfm?Number=11982
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explanation of edit |
by Sascha
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26 Jul 2002
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The above article was replaced by an excerpt due to the News Gazette asking us to remove the story. As an open-publishing system, copyrighted material is occasionally posted to our newswire, after being notified in writing with a request to remove this copyrighted material the UCIMC complied. |
