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County reports ruptured hydrogen‑peroxide tank at Clarksdale WTP; emergency cleanup contracted
Summary
A 50% hydrogen peroxide tank at the Clarksdale Water Treatment Plant ruptured; staff contracted Clean Harbors for emergency cleanup and reported the cost to be roughly $237,000 to be paid from contingency funds.
Mister Gordon told the committee that a 50% hydrogen peroxide tank at the Clarksdale Water Treatment Plant experienced a seam failure and ruptured, requiring emergency cleanup. "The seam split on the tank, and, it it leaked out, filled up all the containment," Gordon said, describing the event and the lack of an on‑site disposal option that forced the county to contract external cleanup services.
Gordon said Clean Harbors Environmental Service performed the emergency response and presented the committee with a cleanup cost reported in the meeting as roughly $237,000 (the transcript's numeric phrasing was unclear). He recommended approval to pay for the cleanup from contingency funds; staff treated the matter as an emergency expense and moved it to consent.
