Herbicide spill closes Lone Grove water supply

 
By Johnny Johnson
Published: January 24, 2008

LONE GROVE — City officials here have completely shut down the municipal water supply after a handheld canister of a concentrated weed-killer cocktail was sucked into the system Wednesday afternoon.

While officials with the water department say they believe the herbicides drained out of the system before making it to any customers, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality is running tests a...


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