Broken Thermometer Creates HazMat Situation At Detroit Water And Sewerage Treatment Plant

DETROIT (WWJ) - A broken thermometer has caused a hazardous material situation at the Detroit Water and Sewerage Treatment plant.

Just after 8 a.m. a thermometer either fell onto the floor or was dropped, causing mercury to spill at a treatment plant on Eight Mile near Van Dyke.

It's considered a low-level incident.

Officials tell WWJ the mercury was contained to a single office--and the water supply was never in danger.  No one was injured.

The mercury was not exposed to the water supply.