How heating oil behaves in soil
SOIL AND CONTAMINATION Heating oil does not form a neat underground puddle. Once it enters the ground, its movement is influenced by…
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Heating oil, kerosene and gas oil: what is the difference?
HEATING OIL AND FUELS The type of fuel released influences its behaviour, potential hazards, clean-up considerations and the evidence needed to understand…
How heating oil can affect groundwater
GROUNDWATER Groundwater is water held below the ground within the pores and fractures of soil, sediment and rock. An oil spill does…
What happens when heating oil reaches drains or surface water?
RIVERS, DRAINS AND SURFACE WATER Drains, ditches, streams and rivers can move heating oil away from the original property extremely quickly. Migration…
Environmental effects of a domestic heating-oil spill
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS The environmental significance of a heating-oil spill depends on more than the number of litres lost. What matters is where…