Oil spill not expected to disrupt water supplies downstream

The North Platte Telegraph :

Residents in major cities downstream from a northwest Iowa tanker car derailment said Monday they're confident that municipal drinking water is safe even as crews try to contain an estimated 230,000 gallons of oil.Officials in Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, said they're monitoring the situation and are prepared to switch to well water if oil is detected in the Missouri River, which provides most of their water.But they've been assured by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources that the oil spilled into the Little Rock River will be contained before reaching the Missouri River.The department referred questions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which said in a statement that containment strategies are being evaluated because of recent and expected rain in the area.