Image courtesy of North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality was notified of industrial spills that occurred on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Jomax Construction Company reported a spill of around 10,000 gallons of bentonite on Wednesday, the product use for its pipeline drilling project in McKenzie County. The spill reportedly impacts a dry creek bed about 6 miles southeast of Watford City. Thursday’s spill occurred in Billings County, about 15 miles northwest of Belfield. Approximately 10,920 galls of produced water were released in a pipeline leak that was monitored by the Scout Energy Management LLC.
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality is inspecting and investigating both spills.
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