Mayflower, Arkansas -- Pipeline Dilbit Spill Aftermath
A similar pipeline rupture in Michigan in 2010 flooded the Kalamazoo River with dilbit, a substance that — unlike crude oil — sinks rather than floats, making the cleanup significantly more difficult and expensive.
The Mayflower cleanup has also been a prolonged and contentious operation, with local residents reporting illnesses in the aftermath, and disagreement about exactly what areas have been impacted.
This series of before-and-after pairs of high-resolution images of the Mayflower area yields some clues. The “before” imagery is aerial survey photography from Google Earth that was taken on September 4, 2010. The “after” imagery (provided to us courtesy of Sierra Club Arkansas Chapter) was shot from DigitalGlobe’s Worldview-2 satellite on July 31, 2013, four months after the spill. Some changes are easy to see: large light brown areas of bare soil show where excavation and soil removal occurred; and a notable loss of aquatic vegetation in a cove that empties into Lake Conway.
Before: overview, September 2010, showing area of March 2013 pipeline spill in Mayflower, Arkansas. |
After: overview, July 2013. Image courtesy of Sierra Club Arkansas Chapter. |
Before: Detail 2, September 2010, showing end of cove and wetlands where spill apparently entered Lake Conway. |
Before: Detail 3, September 2010, showing area where cove meets main body of Lake Conway (upper right). |
After: Detail 3, July 2013. More booms are apparent, as are distinct changes in water color that can indicate variations in the presence of turbidity, algae, or other substances. |
Source: http://blog.skytruth.org/2013/09/mayflower-arkansas-pipeline-dilbit.html
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