"Nobody in the first 24 hours had a firm grip on the sheer magnitude of what was actually happening by the volume of oil and how much product was going to be released,” Dunham said. We have oil in the river and you are going to want to come over."ĭunham said he and others in his office have dealt with small amounts of oil in rivers and streams, usually from leaking tanks of vehicles after crashes. Timeline: The 2010 Enbridge pipeline spillĬahoun County Emergency Management Director Durk Dunham was having lunch when a 911 dispatcher called and said, "We have a problem in Marshall and you are probably going to want to come over here. Watch Video: Watch: Kalamazoo River oil spill timeline 'Nobody in the first 24 hours had a firm grip on the sheer magnitude'
It is also remembered as a preventable ecological disaster and a cautionary tale about safety, infrastructure and oversight. history, behind only the 1991 rupture of Enbridge's Line 3 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Still, the 2010 oil spill left an enduring legacy as the second-largest inland oil spill in U.S.
Wildlife such as fish, turtles and birds appear to be flourishing, and improved access means more people are recreating on the water.
A decade after the spill, the landscape has changed on the stretch of the Kalamazoo River impacted by the oil spill. Science seems to back up that assessment. I’m not singing any praises of Enbridge, but Enbridge was not afraid to write checks to make things right." “I’m sure not down with Enbridge or anything, but the absolute fact is… there is no question about it, all the testing, surveying that has been done, the river is in better shape. Karaba, who lives near the Kalamazoo River in Albion and has long fished its waters, emphatically said the river "is in better shape than it was before it all happened." The cleanup and restoration of some 40 miles of the river, most of it in Calhoun County, took five years to complete, costing the Calgary-based energy transportation company $1.21 billion.
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