City of Newport News; Newport News, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia | 1989-Feb-09
Initial Notification: On February 8, 1989, a City of Newport News employee dropped a flowmeter containing about five pounds of mercury into the manhole of the city sewer system, 100 feet from the Newport News Reservoir. USCG district 5.
Incident Details
| Products of concern: | Mercury |
| Total amount at risk of spill: | 5 gallons |
| Latitude (approximate): | 37° 0.14′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 76° 25.07′ West |