The Department of Environmental Quality is investigating water contamination allegations at the Park City School District’s Treasure Mountain Junior High demolition site.

Following an anonymous tip, Utah water regulators are investigating whether contaminated water was dumped into a creek near the Park City School District Treasure Mountain Junior High demolition site.

DEQ spokesperson Dave Noriega says the Oct. 10 allegations were made through the agency’s spills hotline.

“We are actively investigating this situation, including the volume of water that may have been discharged into the creek, and then also the potential contaminants,” Noriega said. “We are not aware of any immediate public health or environmental risk from the alleged discharge, but we’ll need to gather further informa

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