Sunday, September 21, 2014

An exposed oil pipeline near East Don river in Toronto

There were several storms this summer in Toronto with torrential rain.
As a result Toronto rivers were running high and river banks were eroded in quite a few places.
On September 21st I was walking along East Don river in Toronto and stumbled upon eroded bank with an exposed oil pipeline.
I am not sure how significant is a risk of contamination of East Don river by oil from this pipeline.
I wonder whether Trans-Northern Pipelines, the apparent owner of this pipeline check problematic spots after each heavy rain.

N 43.775640, W 79.370329 are coordinates of this spot.

P.S. I called them and described a situation.