An Edmund, OK official said he is not concerned that an oil spill on the Deep Fork River will adversely affect Edmond water supplied by Arcadia Lake. On Monday, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission received a report from the Department of Environmental Quality that oil had leaked into the Deep Fork River.
Deep Fork River enter Arcadia Lake. the lake has a normal surface area of 1,820 acres, and is surrounded by 26 miles of shoreline, according to the City of Edmond. The lake supplies water to Edmond and serves as a flood control for the Deep Fork River Basin.
Edmond’s surface water plant uses both ozone and granular activated carbon treatment processes, and these would destroy or capture any oil that might enter the plant. The plant intake is well below the water surface, and as oil floats this lessons the chance of any oil entering the plant.
Advanced water treatment technologies like ozone help protect water supplies upsets and special situations such as this oil spill.