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City water safe to drink: officials


Published on July 2, 2010
Alisha Morrissey & Keith Gosse

Tap water from Bay Bulls Big Pond is safe to drink according to city officials after an accident that sent three pieces of heavy equipment into the regional water supply Wednesday, leaking fuel and oil into the water.

Officials with the City of St. John's are insisting there was no contamination to the water supply since the spills were contained on the surface of the pond and far enough away from the intake area of the water treatment plant to not affect it.

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    Eli
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:33:01

    Every report of an oil spill has been underestimated when the story breaks. It's much worse in the final analysis. Let's see how this one pans out.

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    for your
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:33:00

    For those donny dooley. the accident was not the drivers fault. the truck had a faulty front retaining bolt which caused the tire hub and all to let go. the truck only had around 7k on it and was new. anyone who drives a truck like this will know that when something like this happens theres no stopping the truck.

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    Donny
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:57

    Hopefully, this will be the last time this driver gets behind the wheel of heavy equipment. With this kind of driving experience he would do well as a taxi driver around St. John's...no offence!

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    Andy
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:55

    Kevin, it must be very easy for you to plan and execute an operation like this, from, where, your armchair? The massive heavy trailor that was attached to the dumptruck was supposed to what, roll itself out of the way until they were finished with the truck? No, they were supposed to lift the trailor from the truck, and place it back in the water to help expedite removing the truck. Yeah, you must have known ALL of the details to post such an informed opinion and be confident that you knew what was best. What exactly are your qualifications?

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    Andy
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:54

    Mr. Dooley, please refrain from making inappropriate judgements and insults about a situation that you do not have all the details about, and then following it with no offence. I think there is quite a bit of offence with what you said.

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    Mark
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:53

    The man that was driving this truck i know him, and let me tell you DONNY DOOLEY he can handle this truck and for that matter a much bigger truck then this one. It wasn't his fault the tire came off of the truck.

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    Kevin
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:52

    I see that removing the trailer that did not contain any fuel or oil was the first priorty to be removed from the lake. Makes sense to me to leave the truck with two full fuel tanks and the backhoe with its fuel in the pond while the wooded flatbed with rubber tires get priority. Who the hell is in charge of operations like this. Please review thier qualifications.

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    captain
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:51

    Kevin do not be a numbskull. Of course the float trailer would be picked up with a crane before the removal of the dump, which needed to be done to make room to PULL the very heavy (gotta be 18 to 20 tons) dump truck out. Your qualifications on commenting should be checked, ya idijit.

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    DMann
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:50

    Wow, Guys Really. I love The Negative Responses, Grow up!!

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    S. Bernard
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:48

    Amazing comments so far. If Kevin was at the wreck site, he would have seen that both the trailer and backhoe were blocking the removal of the truck.

    To Donny, the truck was two months old and the wheel came off. How do you correlate driver experience with equipment failure on a new truck? And please don't argue that the driver should have checked the lugnuts until it is determined what the failure was. At this point it could have been a faulty part.

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    Dan
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:47

    Donny, your an idiot, with your shoot first and ask questions later mentality, I hope youre not one of the people coming towards me on the Trans-Canada highway. The driver of that truck was not responsible for the incident. Some people have nothing better to do than play the blame game before the truth is out. I hate stupidity, and Donny youre stupid.

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    asdf
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:46

    Why donny dooley, do you think that you would be able to control a dumtruck towing a float with a backhoe on top if one of the front tires fell off your dump truck? obvoiusly the man couldent stare hes truck with only one tire on the front. next time you make a comment get the full story first.

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    jim
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:46

    Hey Kevin, was the trailer in the way of the other two? Was that the reason it had to be moved first? I am asking you because you are the only one around with the brains to be in charge of an operation this size. Oh and Kevo, if your so friggin smart, why are you comenting on this and insulting the people that were working here without knowing what you are talking about??

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    wow
    - July 20, 2010 at 14:32:40

    i know that kevin has the qualifications he will be working with BP oh yes he be at it lol

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