Officials in Kivalina are working to prevent further contamination after a broken valve led to an oil spill near the community's school, but wintry weather in interior Alaska is hampering efforts.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Northwest Arctic Borough School District said last week that up to 1,900 gallons of heating oil — intended for use by the school in Kivalina — had leaked into the ground. The location of the leak, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation, is about 200 feet from the building and even closer to the residence of one of the school’s teachers.
“The initial emergency response phase has concluded,” Maher said Wednesday. “We’re starting to make plans for delineating where the fuel might’ve gone, and trying to make some plans for prior to breakup to try and recapture it before it emerges during breakup.” “We’re trying to make sure what can be done as an initial response is done, but sometimes you just have to make plans for when your efforts are more effective.”
“Thursday afternoon and evening, school staff and teachers headed out with a shovel brigade and sort of tried to trace down where along the pipe connecting to the school the fuel had leaked,” Maher said. “They were able to find a broken valve right near the teacher housing.”
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