Mobile equipment is being installed on the South Platte River to clean benzene from groundwater spreading from under Suncor Energy’s oil refinery to metro Denver’s adjacent sewage-treatment plant.
Suncor had proposed that Metro Wastewater help handle the cleanup. Metro declined.
A journalist and lawyer, Bruce Finley has investigated local, national and international issues with on-site reporting in more than 40 countries. In his position as a staff writer for the Denver Post, he is focusing on environment-related news including water challenges, the oil and gas boom and wildfire.
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