Wheatland, N.Y. (WHAM) – Some residents in Wheatland are concerned their drinking water might be contaminated after a van crashed with a tanker truck Monday, spilling more than 500 gallons of gasoline onto the ground.
Karen McKay, who lives across the street, isn’t taking any chances.
"We’re concerned, and my neighbors are concerned about the gasoline and the fuel that spilled into the ground only a couple hundred feet from our well, our water supply," McKay said.
Her neighbor, Laurie Massaro, is also concerned.
Monroe County Emergency Manager Tim Kohlmeier said the amount of gasoline spilled was small, and there was no runoff from the site.
“The Monroe County hazmat team responded and did an evaluation of the overturned tanker to determine extent of spill, and determined it wasn’t flowing downstream,” said Kohlmeier.
“Nobody has talked to us, or even mentioned anything to us in regard to contamination,” said Massaro.
A spokesperson from the DEC tells 13WHAM it has no reason to believe any water supplies were affected.
DEC continues to monitor the situation and oversee the removal of the contaminated soils.
Residents in the area are encouraged not to drink well water and to contact DEC if well water has an oily odor.