The large oil spill that contaminated a Fort Worth water treatment plant near Lake Arlington last spring has not caused environmental damage to waterways or wildlife, a state biologist says.
The site remains closed to visitors as cleanup efforts continue, though a few birdwatchers were recently allowed in under a special agreement with the city of Fort Worth
In May, a damaged 16-inch pipe discharged 6,800 barrels of crude oil north of Lake Arlington near West Division Street. A portion of the more than 285,000 gallons of spilled oil entered a Fort Worth sewer line and ended up at the city’s Village Creek Water Treatment Plant, which sends treated effluent into the Trinity River…