Concrete spill from 1-215 construction wipes out fish in Mill Creek
Authored by Brian Maffly
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Officials warn people and pets stay away from Mill Creek west of Interstate-215 after concrete spilled into the creek, causing a massive fish kill.
Officials warn people and their pets to stay away from the creek west of I-215
Concrete slurry was washed into Mill Creek Thursday from the Interstate-215 reconstruction site, killing trout downstream and sickening dogs.
The material turned the water white in the creek, which passes by yards of Salt Lake County homes along the creek’s path to the Jordan River.
The spill was first reported Thursday at 4:30 p.m. by a person who witnessed a “concrete free flow slurry mix” pouring into the creek while he was walking along Mill Creek Canyon Road, below the freeway, according to a report posted on Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) spill data base.
