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Pollution Killed 11.5
Million Fish in 1967
A total of 11,591,000 fish were ■©ported killed by identifiable jollution sources in 40 statei luring 1967, according to i ©port just issued by the Federal iVater Pollution Contro Administration. Additional fish (ills were reported where pollution was the suspected ause. The 1967 figures are aboul iverage in both number ol ncidents and number of fish tilled, except that the largest single kill since reporting began ir I960 occurred during the period \ valve failure in a frozen fooc jlant released 600 gallons ol immonia into the Boone River ir Iowa, killing over 6'A million fish
Virginia, with 183,000, was eventh highest in the number of ish reported killed. The massive ;ill in July of 1967 on the Clinch liver- when a holding reservoir ailed, dumping fly ash from a tower plant into the iver -accounted for 162,620 of his total. Other reported Virginia ish kills involved John Ken teservoir, the Maury River and he Appomattox River.
Industrial pollution was still the nost frequent offender, but gricultural pollution rose to •ccupy second place as a killer of ish, relegating municipal wastes o third. Transportation accidents irere the remaining major lassification.
Most of the industrial pollution ases were caused by mechanical r human failures. Storage dikes upturing, faulty valves and pipes, nd poor judgment on the part of mployees in the disposition of oxic materials were the usual auses. Wash water used to rinse
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