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Spill potential in Great Lakes

July 30, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

A University of Michigan research scientist has created a computer animation of what a major oil spill at the Straits of Mackinac would do to Lakes Michigan and Huron.

courtesy: National Wildlife Federation

courtesy: National Wildlife Federation

The Enbridge Corporation’s Line 5 pipeline carries oil from Superior east under the Straits of Mackinac — where Lakes Michigan and Huron meet — and on into Canada. Environmental and fishing groups have been pushing Enbridge to improve or replace the line because of concerns over what a leak would do to the Great Lakes.

Scientist David Schwab said the water flow in the straits is large and can go east or west, “I can’t think in my experience of another place in the Great Lakes where an oil spill would have as wide an area of impact in as short a time than in the Straits of Mackinac,” he said.

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The Enbridge Corporation, which has had pipeline spills in Wisconsin and Michigan in recent years, said that it’s proud of the operational history of Line 5 and said the Straits of Mackinac crossing has been incident-free since it was constructed in 1953.

To watch Schwab’s oil spill simulation click here.

(source: Sawyer County Record)

Filed Under: Canada, News Tagged With: David Schwab, Enbridge Corporation, Great Lakes, incident-free, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, oil spill, research scientist, Straits of Mackinac, University of Michigan

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