Salt Lake Tribune: Latex paint spill in City Creek under investigation – Latex paint and mortar residue contaminated City Creek after the materials were dumped into a storm drain from two homes in the Avenues, fire crews said.
Chevron letters rile oil spill victims – Annie Payne and her family spent two nights in a hotel after 33,600 gallons of crude oil from a leaky pipeline poured into the stream near their Yalecrest home two months ago and made them all sick. And, like many of her east Salt Lake City neighbors and others driven away by the petrochemical fumes, she took up Chevron on its invitation to submit a claim for spill-related costs.
Deseret News: Pipeline construction moves to Provo – “One day a road will be open, but when you drive there the next day, it will be closed. It’s been very hard to get around here.” …. It’s been pretty much the same story all summer for everyone who lives on or near 400 East, where workers have laid five miles of 60-inch diameter pipe as part of the Spanish Fork Provo Reservoir Canal Pipeline project.
KSL: No swimming in Salem pond – A swimming advisory was issued for Salem Pond after testing of the water indicates it is unsafe for swimming, deep wading, and ingesting due to bacterial contamination.
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