photo by Boyd Loving
Grease overflow reached Ridgewood stream
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014, 12:20 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD – A substantial cooking grease spill at the village’s wastewater treatment plant in Glen Rock two weeks ago reached a nearby stream – despite initial claims from Ridgewood officials that no contamination occurred.
Village workers on Friday vacuumed a stream that runs along the rear of the plant, adjacent to where storage trucks dispose of cooking oil grease.
On Aug. 26, a storage truck was bringing the grease to the plant for disposal when a transfer line burst. Ridgewood officials said this week they received instructions Friday from the state Department of Environmental Protection to clean the stream of some of the 200 gallons of fats, oils and greases that spilled.
A DEP spokesman, Larry Hajna, confirmed that an inspector was dispatched to the plant to investigate the stream Friday.
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This story get better and better.
An oversight or outright lie? Rutishauser is looking worse as every day goes by.
The Village seem to be always on a slippery slope.
No fishing problems I hope.
Where was that picture taken…?
Is that the little brick house by the Glen Rock entrance to the County Park… ? The Indian Temple is over that way too. We need lots of rain.
Boil your water…!
A greasy, slippery slope.
Was the transfer line that burst the Village’s or part of the truck that was delivering the grease? If it was the truck, are they responsible for the cleanup and any fines the DEP hands out?
Who knows #6. Its all according what the Village Hall spin factory wants to put out.
that place stinks to day.cant we do something about the smell.
Where did all that COOKING GREASE come from? Not from the CBD. No never.