Yes, this tributary to Walnut Creek runs through Living History Farms and enters Walnut Creek just west of 100th Street near the Greenbelt shelter.  Walnut Creek enters the Raccoon River upstream from the Des Moines WaterWorks intake.

Fortunately (or not), the Raccoon River has been too polluted for the past year for DMWW to use that river for drinking water.

This is a small spill in terms of gallons, but just another indication of how our rivers and streams in this state are impacted by planning and permitting.  There are two large truck stops within a mile of each other whose runoff enters what has been the source of drinking water for Des Moines for many years--Pilot Travel Center in Urbandale and Flying J in Clive, which has had two spills of a more serious nature.

Jane Clark
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  Subject: Ruptured truck tank results in diesel spill




  Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  Environmental Services Division
   
  For Immediate Release October 14, 2007
   

  RUPTURED TRUCK TANK RESULTS IN DIESEL SPILL
    

  URBANDALE - An estimated 150 gallons of diesel fuel reached a tributary of Walnut Creek on Sunday.
   
  The spill originated at the Pilot Travel Center located at the Interstate 35/80 and Douglas Avenue interchange in Urbandale after a truck was backed over a scale resulting in a ruptured fuel tank on the truck at approximately 8 a.m. Sunday. The diesel entered the creek through a storm water intake.
    
  Booms and pads were used in the stream to stop and absorb the fuel in the stream, but much of it moved down creek rapidly due to rain and was unrecoverable. 
   
  "It's probably fortunate this happened when we had all the rain because the impacts to the stream could have been much greater if the creek was low. All of the extra water will help dilute the diesel much quicker," said Ted Petersen, an environmental specialist for the DNR.
   
  Petersen said the fuel in the stream would not be combustible, but there was an oil sheen on the water and a diesel odor near the stream on Sunday. The creek runs through Living History Farms.
   
  The incident is still under investigation by the DNR.
   
  For more information, contact Kevin Baskins at 515-249-2814.



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