1/30/2025
Sarah Thiessen
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January 31 2025 105 pm EST
Hazardous Spill File
1000 gallons of contaminated water released in the Tuscarawas River Watershed
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Sandusky Watershed: January 29th, 3000 gallons of ethylene glycol was released on Southwest Rd in Townsend, Sandusky County.
Little Miami Watershed: January 28th, an unreported amount of sewage was discharged on Loveland Madeira Rd in Symmes Township, Hamilton County.
Black Rocky Watershed: January 28, an unreported amount of antifreeze and 100 gallons of diesel released from a vehicle on Ohio River Scenic Byway in Salem Township, Monroe County.
Tuscarawas Watershed: January 27th, 1000 gallons of contaminated water was released on Aurora Rd NE in West Township, Columbiana County.
See last week's spill report here.
Spills, fish kills, rainbow sheen and releases of contaminants in the state of Ohio as reported to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Response. Users of this data should be aware that inconsistencies and inaccuracies may exist if these data are compared to data from other time periods due to changes in methods of data collection and mapping.
WTOH reports spills from OEPA with the following features:
- 40 gallons or more of petroleum product
- toxic chemical materials, corrosives spills of any amount
- all spills impacting water
Spills marked with asterisk are followed up with Ohio EPA authorities for additional information on the clean-up and recovery, including notices of violation and charges under State environmental statutes, federal charges under the Clean Water Act. See historic criminal CWA prosecutions See last week's CrimeBox here.
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