The Fort Worth water department is using former drying beds to clean wastewater contaminated with oil from a spill near Lake Arlington in May.
A damaged pipe just north of the lake leaked 2,600 barrels of crude oil in early May, according to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency. The oil entered a municipal sewer line owned and operated by the city of Fort Worth.
The EPA was notified by its National Response Center of around 20 barrels discharged on May 6. That number was updated the following day…