π¨ Field Work, March 3-4, 2023 π¨
This week @PurdueAg @PurdueEngineers Prof. @caitlin_h2o, as well as students Rasul & @aliya_ehde visited the #Ohio and #Pennsylvania to sample creeks and understand "what's changed since last week".
Observations are below.
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This week @PurdueAg @PurdueEngineers Prof. @caitlin_h2o, as well as students Rasul & @aliya_ehde visited the #Ohio and #Pennsylvania to sample creeks and understand "what's changed since last week".
Observations are below.
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During the trip, the team collected creek water from creeks upstream of the train derailment site, including in #Pennsylvania.
They also went to several other creeks in Ohio, no "sheens" were observed there.
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They also went to several other creeks in Ohio, no "sheens" were observed there.
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It was pouring out....
Kudos to Professor @caitlin_h2o for leading the team...
....in the #rain! π§οΈ
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Kudos to Professor @caitlin_h2o for leading the team...
....in the #rain! π§οΈ
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During their field work, they sampled upstream of the #chemicalspill site with the help of landowners.
Thank you!
Some of the locations were difficult to reach.
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Thank you!
Some of the locations were difficult to reach.
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Some of the creeks far away from the #chemicalspill and chemical #fires site were really beautiful.
They sampled for VOCs, SVOCs, and metals.
This information will help us understand background water quality levels (along with available information from elsewhere).
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They sampled for VOCs, SVOCs, and metals.
This information will help us understand background water quality levels (along with available information from elsewhere).
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The team did go to the intersection of Lesley Run and Bill Creek.
This is about 3 miles downstream from the #chemicalspill chemical #fires site.
They saw visible contamination like we saw last week upstream.
This indicates the chemicals were not all contained.
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This is about 3 miles downstream from the #chemicalspill chemical #fires site.
They saw visible contamination like we saw last week upstream.
This indicates the chemicals were not all contained.
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When they drove through #EastPalestine #Ohio they saw a few signs which seemed to be newly installed.
These hopefully will encourage the public and visitors not to go near the heavily contaminated creeks.
These hopefully will encourage the public and visitors not to go near the heavily contaminated creeks.
They did a lot of walking and came across this sign.
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They collected a lot of samples, which will arrive in #Indiana late tonight.
Tomorrow, the samples begin to be analyzed by a whole host of faculty and students across multiple colleges @LifeAtPurdue.
We'll post results at PlumbingSafety.org when they're available.
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Tomorrow, the samples begin to be analyzed by a whole host of faculty and students across multiple colleges @LifeAtPurdue.
We'll post results at PlumbingSafety.org when they're available.
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