CLEANUP CONTINUES ON OIL SPILL NEAR CREEK.Byline: Krystn Shrieve Staff Writer SANTA PAULA Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. - Crews worked Monday night and all day Tuesday to clean up thousands of gallons of crude oil that spilled from an overturned tanker and flowed down Santa Paula Creek and the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
Officials said it could take more than week to remove the oil, which spread five miles down Santa Paula Creek and two miles into the mouth of the Santa Clara River, with a thin film of oil visible as rainbow sheen on the ocean surface 12 miles away. ``The sheen is only a couple of molecules thick,'' said Ken Wilson
Aided by volunteers from the veterinary program at the University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis, commonly known as UC Davis, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, and was established as the University Farm in 1905. , workers from the state Fish and Wildlife Department spent Tuesday looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. animals that might have been harmed by the spill, but did not find any. Department spokesman Robert Hughes Robert Hughes may refer to:
``Of biggest concern is the steelhead because they are listed as endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. and Ventura counties,'' Hughes said. The Fish and Wildlife Department has contracted with Foss Environmental of Westlake Village, which built three dams that allow clean water below the surface to flow through while the oil on top is skimmed off and siphoned into a tank. ``Foss worked through the night,'' Hughes said. ``When daylight came they took a walk along the Santa Paula Creek to check for oil along the banks and on the rocks and vegetation.'' Kurt Souza, a sanitary engineer with the California Department of Health, said the oil spill will not affect drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. because supplies from the creek are recharged through groundwater basins. Just to be safe, the United Water Conservation District, which serves local residents, has not taken water from the creek since the Monday morning spill. An estimated 6,000 gallons spilled when 41-year-old oil tanker driver Peter Hildenbrand of Ventura lost control of his truck while traveling down a one-lane service road in Santa Paula's Steckel Park. He died of head and internal injuries when the oil tanker crashed into a ravine near the creek. California Highway Patrol spokesman Dave Webb said portions of the dual tanker, owned by the RP Cummings trucking company, were removed from the ravine Tuesday. The rig's brakes will be checked as part of the investigation into the cause, which could take several months to determine, Webb said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (ran in Conejo and Simi edition only) A worker tosses a plastic bag filled with oil-soaked pads up the embankment along Santa Paula Creek on Tuesday. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer |
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