Kalamazoo River

More Of Kalamazoo River Open To Recreation After Oil Cleanup

Local, state and federal agencies responding to the Enbridge oil spill announced Thursday that an additional 34 miles of the Kalamazoo River and the entire two miles of Morrow Lake are now open for recreational use, nearly two years after a nearly million-gallon oil spill.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/06/21

Report: Pipeline Laws Still Need Work Following K-Zoo Spill

It’s been nearly two years since 800,000 gallons of oil spilled into a creek that feeds the Kalamazoo River. and a new study concludes that pipeline safety laws are still inadequate.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/04/30

(Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Terry Johnston)

3-Mile Segment Of Kalamazoo River Reopens

A stretch of the Kalamazoo River reopened for public use Wednesday for the first time since a massive oil spill fouled the southern Michigan waterway in July 2010, officials said.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/04/18

Report On Ruptured Pipeline Delayed

The July, 2010, spill sent more than 800,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River and a tributary, when a 30-inch pipeline owned be western Canada-based Enbridge Inc ruptured.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/01/16

Oil seeps past a boom on a river. (Getty Images)

Enbridge Submits New Kalamazoo River Spill Cleanup Plan

A pipeline company responsible for last year’s more than 800,000-gallon oil spill that contaminated southern Michigan’s Kalamazoo River has submitted a new cleanup plan.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/10/22

Leaked Oil Still Sits On River Bottom, Banks

The Environmental Protection Agency says most of the oil still remaining from a July 2010 pipeline leak in West Michigan sits on the floor of the Kalamazoo River and along about 200 riverbank sites.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/10/09

Hearing Set On Enbridge Pipeline Replacement Plan

A hearing has been set on Enbridge Inc.’s plan to replace more sections of a pipeline that leaked more than 800,000 gallons of oil in southern Michigan last summer.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/09/01

Study: No Long-Term Health Effects Of Kalamazoo River Spill

There are no long-term health effects of submerged oil from last year’s spill in southern Michigan’s Kalamazoo River, a new study from the state says.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/08/18

Submerged Oil A Challenge At Michigan Spill Site

Oil that has settled at the bottom of the Kalamazoo River is the largest cleanup challenge remaining from a southern Michigan spill of more than 800,000 gallons that occurred nearly a year ago.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/07/19