Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa - About 10,000 gallons of ethanol that spilled in an accident may be headed toward a small pond known in Iowa Falls as Dago Lake, officials said.
About 29,000 gallons were spilled overall at the Hawkeye Renewables plant at about 3:15 a.m. Friday. Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials expect to have results from contamination tests by the end of this week.
"The potential magnitude would be pretty great, but I don't know what the aquatic life in Dago Lake is, and it's under ice, so we won't know until the ice thaws," said Eric Wiklund, an environmental specialist with the DNR, who said samples from the lake will be sent to the DNR lab Monday.
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