Silent Attack - Government Technology

Nov 21, 2007, By Jessica Jones
On April 25, skin-burning water flowed from the tap in Spencer, Mass., sending 100 people to the hospital and forcing everyone else to avoid their faucets and hoses.

One week after the incident, investigators discovered that two city workers accidentally released an excessive amount of sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, into the water system after they forgot to switch the feed system from manual to automatic.

Silent Attack - Government Technology

Ammonia pipeline incident paralyzes FL community

Ammonia pipeline incident paralyzes FL community: "It all started when a 16-year-old boy drilled into an ammonia pipeline at the river Monday night, unleashing a gas cloud that seriously burned him, caused emergency evacuations and closings and potentially harmed the environment. Damage to the pipeline itself, officials say, will be about $250,000. "

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