Popular Michigan River Hit With Second Chemical Spill in Four Years
Toxic hexavalent chromium spill in Michigans Huron River by Tribar Manufacturing
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Toxic hexavalent chromium spill in Michigans Huron River by Tribar Manufacturing
Spill is yet another example of how contamination from corporate polluters can endanger entire communities, critics say
Canoe rental businesses are dealing with the fallout from a recent chemical release. State regulators issued several violation notices to Tribar Technologies this week. It's the company responsible for the release of hexavalent chromium to the Wixom sewage system. The wastewater treatment plant drains to the Huron River system.
A series of violation notices raise new questions about the events at the plant. State regulators indicate that on-site alarms at the company were overridden hundreds of times during a weekend evening when “no one should be at the facility.”
"Several thousand gallons" of liquid containing hexavalent chromium have spilled into the Huron River. State regulators are urging people not to play in or drink from the river until further notice.