another Mineral Oil spill - Gravelly this time.

[Andrew LaVigne]

this is getting old. 

https://twitter.com/mbaschWTOP/status/695336209522884608

via 

Michelle BaschVerified account‏@mbaschWTOP

.@DOEE_DC confirms some kind of spill - possibly mineral oil - into the Potomac here at Gravelly Point @WTOP

[TurbineBlade]

Well, it is an effective mosquito larvicide.  Maybe someone was concerned about Zika and had some surplus drums of mineral oil from Operation Desert Storm in their backyard. 

Gene

[Dalton Terrell]

Wow, doesn't look good, thanks for posting. I wonder what the source is, the airport, that power plant that doesn't exist in that area or something else?

Dalton

[namfos]

AND a laxative.

Mark

[Dalton Terrell]

Here's an update from NBC News 4: http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Authorities-Work-to-Clean-Up-Oily-Substance-on-Potomac-River-367823161.html

Not much info but it states that our good friends at Dominion (that also want to dump the coal ash pond in the Potomac) had a mineral oil spill in the area on January 24.

Dalton

[namfos]

I might be incorrect, but I'm inclined to surmise that the ample amounts of goose excrement to be found there (and elsewhere) are possibly more worrisome than the mineral oil. 

Mark

[TurbineBlade]

I agree with Mark.  It's always easier for everyday folks to "notice" things like this, but the chronic, less obvious (but ever present) problems with water quality around here get a lot less attention.  

[namfos]

Today's WaPo reports: http://wapo.st/1K6yCLa.  In the case of this spill it appears that "the solution to pollution is dilution." 

Mark