The water that put out the blaze at the toxic train derailment in Ohio is being sent to Texas to be disposed, and the top local authority at the destination says she had to find out on her own.
At least 2 million gallons of the contaminated water is to be transported more than 1,300 miles from the Ohio town of East Palestine to Deer Park, Texas, authorities said.
“I and my office heard today that ‘firefighting water’ from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment is slated to be disposed of in our County,” said Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo in a statement on Wednesday. Hidalgo is the county’s chief executive and director of emergency management, and Deer Park falls under her jurisdiction.
Waste treatment company Texas Molecular is in charge of the disposal. It will likely use deep well injection, which involves drilling a hole thousands of feet underground and flushing the waste inside, experts told the Associated Press and ABC13.
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