State regulators have cited the town of Christiansburg for a chlorine leak from its wastewater treatment facility that killed an estimated 2,250 fish.
The town was fined $13,650 in a consent order recently issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
As part of the agreement, the town will pay an additional $1,395.87 in reimbursements to DEQ and the state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
The accident happened April 10 when workers at the treatment plant were trying to locate a leak suspected of causing high volumes of stormwater to be released into Crab Creek.
Chlorinated water was placed in the system so officials could use a monitor to pinpoint the leak.
However, the chlorine escaped into the creek, killing about 2,000 fish in a half-mile stretch of Crab Creek.
An investigation by DEQ found the town violated a state permit that allows it to release treated wastewater into the creek.
As part of the consent decree, town officials agreed to use a non-toxic dye to conduct such tests in the future.
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