Redding’s Joel Barlow High School closed after water storage tank contaminated with oil
Source: https://www.newstimes.com/, November 5, 2021
By: Julia Perkins
Joel Barlow High School closed for the second day in a row on Friday as school officials work to address a contaminated water supply caused by a contracted worker accidentally putting some oil into a water tank.
A contractor poured about 20 gallons of fuel oil into the school’s 20,000 gallon water storage tank on Tuesday, Superintendent Jason McKinnon said in a letter to families. The letter did not explain how this happened. Read more.