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LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Nibley city officials are tallying up the costs of using hundreds of thousands of gallons of water in an effort to clean up diesel fuel spilled in the water supply.
The Logan Herald Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1P6pG4T) the total could be anywhere between $100,000 and $1 million. City Manager David Zook said the state's disaster fund could be used to pay those costs.
Costs include manpower, replacing chlorination systems and higher wastewater bills from flushing the city's 50 miles of pipe.
If the Division of Water Quality says Yeates Springs can no longer be used, they'll have to drill a new well at a cost of about $1 million.
The contamination shut down several local schools, but they were back in session after the ban was lifted Tuesday.
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