ARLINGTON, Texas — Avid birders are trying to convince the City of Fort Worth to reopen a popular birdwatching location in North Arlington that's been closed since officials say an oil pipeline and wastewater line rupture impacted the area in mid-May.

The rupture on both a crude oil pipeline operated by Dallas-based Energy Transfer and a wastewater collection line that run perpendicular to each other in west Arlington led to an estimated 2600 bbls of crude oil entering the wastewater collection system and Fort Worth's Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility in early May.

"The oil caused a major disruption to the biological treatment processes at the Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility. Energy Transfer, the pipeline operator, worked with Fort Worth Water staff for to remove the oi

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