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More than 9,000 deteriorating underground storage tanks remain buried in Michigan, leaking gasoline, oils, solvents and other pollutants two years after a federal deadline for their removal. A Detroit News review of state and federal records shows 2,283 of those tanks are in Metro Detroit alone. State environmental officials confirm the faulty tanks leach chemicals into the region’s groundwater, lakes and rivers, as well as the drinking water that many residents draw from wells.
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Sunday, February 25, 2001
Max Ortiz / The Detroit NewsJohn Laidlaw, of Myers Construction, prepares a fuel tank in Southfield for removal. Michigan ranks as the seventh-worst state for documented leaks. The state’s total spills number more than those discovered in New England’s six states combined. |
- Oozing tanks taint water
- Schools, hospitals among violators
- Part 2 -- Looming enforcement
- Part 3 -- Costs hamper cleanup
- Older tanks a silent danger
- New systems help detect, prevent leaks, make cleanup easier
- Leaking underground storage tanks
- What’s underground
- Checking wells
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