Thread: Pipline ruptures--Lake Conway

Thanks for the response and reply D10, please keep us up to date and informed. Once again thanks for the info.

Originally Posted by lkconwayguru

thanks for the response and reply d10, please keep us up to date and informed. Once again thanks for the info.

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Originally Posted by D10

Just got back from the Lake Conway. I figured that there was some chatter on here about the oil leak. What I know is that a pipe line about 2.5 miles up stream of Lake Conway ruptured some time late this afternoon. The oil made it down a small ditch to a creek that feeds the wetland above the tributary that enters Lake Conway south of Highway 89. OEM and other crews has set up oil booms and check dams beneath the access road in the wetland. So far this has contained the oil to the the edge of the wetland. In addtion to this, the colverts that run under highway 89 to Lake Conway have been plugged up. Crews will continue to monitor the situation for the foreseable future. As of now no oil has made it into Lake Conway. I will be up early in the morning monitoring the situation. So I will not be available for further coments tonight.

That sounds good! Hopefully it won't progress any further. Thank you for the report.

Originally Posted by D10

Just got back from the Lake Conway. I figured that there was some chatter on here about the oil leak. What I know is that a pipe line about 2.5 miles up stream of Lake Conway ruptured some time late this afternoon. The oil made it down a small ditch to a creek that feeds the wetland above the tributary that enters Lake Conway south of Highway 89. OEM and other crews has set up oil booms and check dams beneath the access road in the wetland. So far this has contained the oil to the the edge of the wetland. In addtion to this, the colverts that run under highway 89 to Lake Conway have been plugged up. Crews will continue to monitor the situation for the foreseable future. As of now no oil has made it into Lake Conway. I will be up early in the morning monitoring the situation. So I will not be available for further coments tonight.

We know you didn't hafta do this but we all thank you for your time and consideration in posting this report, D10. Lotsa folks anxious and concerned on here, and we all appreciate the information. Keep us posted, if you can. Thanks again from a lot of interested crappie fishermen.

Originally Posted by ski trip

We know you didn't hafta do this but we all thank you for your time and consideration in posting this report, D10. Lotsa folks anxious and concerned on here, and we all appreciate the information. Keep us posted, if you can. Thanks again from a lot of interested crappie fishermen.

X2, and hands clapping for these folks out laboring in the rain!
It's an awful mess out there yet they keep working.

Just back home from inspecting the site. The cleanup crews placed more booms down stream of the previous ones that they set last night, Unfortunatly some of the oil (a small amout) is finding its way past the booms. However, this should all be contained to the part of the wetland/lake that is south of Highway 89. The blocked culverts that goes under Highway 89 should keep any oil from reaching the main body of the lake. THey have also placced booms on the north side of Highway 89 in case the water tops the road due to the blocked culverts. It would take approximately 4 inches of rain to do this though. There will be a town meeting at 2:00pm today at the Mayflower Highschool if anyone is interested on getting additional information. That is it for now.

Several years ago my uncle had a fuel oil leak that got into his 5 acre lake. Did not kill many fish but they tasted of oil for 3 years. Hope the size of the lake dilutes any that makes it in!

I had this photo texted to me of the oil leak. Doesn't look good.